Disease articles

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  Video

  90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

  on June 19, 2013 06:57 pm + 3 comments

  I used to go to The Cheesecake Factory with my grandparents on Christmas Eve. Good memories. Happy Continue reading…

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  Article

  Researchers build model of human colon and feed it to learn how disease spreads

  By Carl Franzen on May 28, 2013 05:57 pm + 11 comments

  A researcher at the University of California Riverside spent a year building a model of a human Continue reading…

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  Article

  World Health Organization chief says Middle Eastern virus is 'threat to the entire world'

  By Carl Franzen on May 28, 2013 12:22 pm + 37 comments

  The head of the World Health Organization is raising the alarm for health officials on an emerging Continue reading…

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  Article

  World Health Organization says it will investigate patent on deadly Saudi Arabian virus

  By Carl Franzen on May 24, 2013 01:54 pm + 10 comments

  Dutch scientists are facing criticism from international health officials for filing a patent on one Continue reading…

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  Article

  Google and NASA collaborate on AI research with new quantum supercomputer

  By Matt Brian on May 16, 2013 06:36 am + 40 comments

  Google and NASA have teamed up to launch a new laboratory focused on advancing machine learning. The Continue reading…

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  Article

  Scientists in China trace new bird flu strain H7N9 back to market chicken

  By Carl Franzen on April 25, 2013 07:26 pm + 47 comments

  Scientists in China say they have pinpointed a likely source of a new strain of avian influenza Continue reading…

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  Article

  Wild boars will inherit the earth

  By Adrianne Jeffries on April 25, 2013 02:46 pm + 57 comments

  Modern Farmer has an in-depth look at the "pig bomb," a population explosion of wild boars that is Continue reading…

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  Stream

  H7N9: outbreak of a mysterious new strain of bird flu

  By Carl Franzen on April 24, 2013 11:56 am

  In late March 2013, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first three Continue reading…

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  Article

  New bird flu strain H7N9 called 'one of the most lethal' as it spreads outside China

  By Carl Franzen on April 24, 2013 11:14 am + 66 comments

  A new strain of avian influenza (bird flu) that has killed 22 people so far in China is "one of the Continue reading…

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  Article

  CDC tells US doctors to watch for H7N9 bird flu from China

  By Carl Franzen on April 19, 2013 05:03 pm + 18 comments

  A recent outbreak of a new strain of avian influenza (bird flu) has killed at least 17 people in Continue reading…