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Monkeypox Originated in Animals. Could It Spill Back Into Them?
Two months into the international monkeypox epidemic, which so far has caused almost 6,000 infections in the United States and…
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Ring Vaccination Beat Smallpox. Could It Work for Monkeypox?
Ring vaccination worked for smallpox because a person-to-person pattern of spread makes it possible to predict and interrupt chains of…
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The Pandemic Fueled a Superbug Surge. Can Medicine Recover?
The desperate need to save the lives of Covid patients during the pandemic’s first waves, coupled with shortages of hospital…
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Ticks Are Spreading in the US—and Taking New Diseases With Them
A disease that is so rare in the United States that it is recognized in only about 40 people each…
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A Brutal Wave of Bird Flu Spotlights the Need for a Poultry Vaccine
As of last week, the fast-moving pathogen had been found in poultry and adjacent species 182 times in 27 states,…
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