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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 ...

History is littered with “wild” ideas that experts once mocked, only to embrace them later when evidence piled up. Nowhere is ...

There are few scientific advances that have had such a dramatic impact on the course of human history as the theory that disease is caused by microorganisms. The germ theory, as it is now universally ...

"Germ" is just a generic term for any number of biological agents that can spread disease, be it bacteria, viruses, fungi, prions or whatever. It's less of a mouthful than the "bacteria, viruses, ...

For years, a primary metaphor for the internet has been the “town square,” an endless space for free expression where everyone can have their say. But as scaled digital platforms have grown to ...