Exploring the dark side of Staph aureus, a bacterium resistant to multiple drugs—even those yet to be tested in humans
British physician and microbiologist Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin nearly 100 years ago, was the first to warn ...
Plague transmission may have begun a century before the Black Death, study shows
Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...
First ever rehabilitation of black-fungus induced defect using dental implant
RAIPUR: In a ground-breaking achievement, a serious defect caused by rare black fungus (mucormycosis) infection has been ...
Black History Month at the California Science Center
It’s Black History Month! Gayle Anderson reports from the California Science Center about the development of the new Samuel ...
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Fungus-infected "zombie spiders" found in Irish caves
It's the stuff of nightmares - or even the hit TV show and video game The Last of Us: a novel fungus that turns its hosts into "zombies". Thankfully, so far, it's only been found in spiders located in ...
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The 2025 Tilden Fungus Fair gathers scientists, cooks, artists and children’s entertainers to toast the fungi kingdom — sometimes literally — and is absolutely free to all attendees.
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Fungus named for David Attenborough turns spiders into zombies
A study investigated the identity of the fungus found on a spider during the filming of the BBC Winterwatch series in Northern Ireland. It was found to display the creepy properties seen in zombie-ant ...
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Rare bird flu strain found in California raises potential of wider spread
“With enough H5 in these animals and enough seasonal flu in humans, you get them together, and you have a recipe for a potential pandemic virus.” The recent bird flu outbreak is being regarded ...
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5 years on, Chinese Canadians recall racism over their early pandemic precautions
It was more than a month before the World Health Organization's March declaration of a global pandemic that introduced most other Canadians to concepts like masking and social distancing.
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‘Anti-science and anti-evidence’: More doctors pan report into Alberta’s pandemic response
The 268-page report, commissioned by the UCP government, and produced by a 13-member task force, including some outspoken critics of public health measures used to control the pandemic ...
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Another pandemic to strike soon? Bill Gates' stark warning
Gates' warnings come amid uncertainty regarding U.S. pandemic preparedness policies. Federal health agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control ...
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Heavy-handed Western pandemic policies exposed in 'Apocalypse COVID', which probes misplaced priorities during the pandemic
For many, the pandemic wasn’t just a health crisis. It marked a turning point where government power grew, society became deeply divided and personal freedoms were stripped away. Australians ...