From the germ theory to Fleming’s moldy petri dish, antibiotics have reshaped medicine and saved millions of lives. But overuse has fueled a dangerous rise in drug-resistant bacteria. Now, scientists ...

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Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change. While researching for a new book about the history of emerging infections, I found many ...

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Back in February 2019, when the pandemic was still far from most people thoughts, the Fox News programme Fox & Friends aired a segment in which contributor Pete Hegseth revealed he had not washed his ...

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In recent months, the U.S. government has taken steps to defund and dismantle key infectious disease programs, including a National Institutes of Health lab that has contributed to groundbreaking work ...