public health

The distribution of flu virus receptors in cow mammary glands helps explain the high H5N1 viral loads in milk, but it also raises concerns about risks to human health.

Lateral flow tests for COVID-19 can be very accurate and specific when used as directed, but introducing acidic fluids can cause the tests’ detecting antibodies to clump, which may read as a positive result.

Natalie Knox and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory are helping establish a national qPCR-driven wastewater surveillance network for SARS-CoV-2 and other diseases.

From development to implementation, Rosanna Peeling discusses the importance of rapid tests for public health.

Researchers design dual CRISPR treatments to remove HIV DNA and prevent reinfection in vitro.

Jie Sun shares how his curiosity, creativity, and motivation to address clinical public health needs steer his research in immunology and infectious disease.

A nucleic acid detection platform that marries CRISPR diagnostic tools with bioluminescence could accelerate treatment decisions in the clinic.

Scientists continue to ring alarm bells about the risks associated with the continued misuse of antimicrobials and advocate for innovative treatments, improved surveillance, and greater public health education.

Male patients who recover from mild COVID-19 have baseline immune states primed to mount stronger responses to future challenges than female patients.

Political activist and Nobel winner Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin pioneered X-ray crystallography to discover the molecular structures of penicillin and insulin.

The “wound current” has intrigued scientists for more than a century. It could turn out to be the key to healing catastrophic injuries.

Public bathing, ubiquitous around the world and through the ages, plays an often-unappreciated role in public health.

Metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens, but its widespread use faces challenges.

Syphilis is among the oldest known sexually-transmitted infections. Scientists still struggle to detect and treat it.