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From Mecca to Karachi, Heat Waves Take a Deadly Toll
The Pakistani port city of Karachi has been battered by extreme temperatures this week. Source Since temperatures in Karachi, Pakistan...
Johnny Sheng
Jun 27, 20243 min read


Retrospective: the AIDS Pandemic
The story of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has been convoluted from the start. The first report hinting at its existence,...
Johnny Sheng
Jun 24, 20249 min read


Oropouche Fever: 9 Years After Zika, a New Threat Rises
Nine years ago, Brazilian health authorities reported the country’s first cases of a rare but mild viral infection called Zika. At first,...
Johnny Sheng
Jun 20, 20244 min read


Climate Change and Disease: A Bleak FutureÂ
As climate change worsens and global temperatures rise, there has been a notable rise in diseases both new and old. In a recent Nature...
Lawrence Wu
Jun 15, 20244 min read


As Long COVID Lingers, a Moonshot Is Launched
Since its emergence in 2019, COVID-19 has caused one of the most destructive pandemics in history. Excess deaths alone are estimated to...
Andrew Jiang
Jun 14, 20244 min read


Pandemic Treaty Fails?
In 2021, when excess deaths from COVID-19 reached an all-time high, countries everywhere called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to...
Johnny Sheng
Jun 2, 20245 min read


Bird Flu Accelerates Across America
For a more recent update on this topic, see here . What began as a drop in milk production in Texan dairy herds has become an epidemic...
Johnny Sheng
May 31, 20244 min read


The Current State of Childhood Vaccinations
The power of vaccination is well known, especially in protecting our infant and youth populations from a host of infectious diseases....
Anne Ma
May 29, 20243 min read


Pandemic Hero Successfully Protests Lab Shutdown
At the end of April 2024, images appeared on social media showing Chinese virologist Zhang Yongzhen sleeping outside his lab in protest....
Johnny Sheng
May 4, 20243 min read


The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Mpox Crisis Has Global Implications
In May 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared its first post-COVID Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)....
Johnny Sheng
Apr 30, 20243 min read


Zoonoses Are Rising: What Are They and What Does This Mean?
In recent years, the prevalence of zoonotic diseases, or zoonoses, has been on the rise, prompting warnings from public health officials...
Johnny Sheng
Apr 29, 20244 min read


20% of US Milk Samples Test Positive for Bird Flu—Should We Be Worried?
It began with a mysterious illness among dairy cows in Northern Texas. Some animals lost their appetite while others began to produce...
Johnny Sheng
Apr 27, 20243 min read


The Continuing War on Infectious Disease
Since the dawn of humanity, our species has contended with an invisible adversary: the infectious disease. Before modern medicine, it...
Johnny Sheng
Apr 22, 20245 min read
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