With health and infectious disease concerns sweeping the world over the past few years, it might be concerning to learn that causes of disease can be anywhere and everywhere in...
Over the last 17 months, the world has been dealing with the burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the deaths of over 4 million people globally. While...
As the long-awaited COVID-19 vaccines are being administered to the Canadian public, a significant proportion of the population remains hesitant to get their injections. Vaccines generally have minor amounts of...
The 1918 influenza pandemic infected an estimated 500 million people or one third of the global population. This led to at least 50 million deaths, all by a single virus....
Infectious diseases constitute one of the leading causes of death globally, killing over 6 million people per year. These diseases are caused by bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral pathogens, which...
Infectious outbreaks are an increasing public health concern in today’s modern world. Inevitably, due to growing population sizes, globalization, anti-microbial resistance, and climate change, there is increasing concern surrounding the...
[caption id="attachment_1708" align="alignleft" width="359"] Digitally-coloured SEM of Ebola particles budding from the cell surface. Image Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 2014.[/caption] On October 19th, 2014, Dr....
From the simplest to the most complex, viruses have evolved to multiply within a host cell. By harnessing the cell’s machinery, the virus is able to propagate, often causing illness...
Introduction Science fiction (sci-fi) is a broad genre of motion pictures (movies) characterized by the depiction of scientific or technological advances that have not yet been appropriately peer-reviewed, and are...
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