Tag - epidemics

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Mumps

Download Infographic Overview Like measles, mumps is caused by a paramyxovirus and affects only humans. The word “mumps” may relate to an old English term meaning grimace or mumble. Mumps was first described...

22 October, 2025

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Global Health Cast Edition 6

Sixth Edition of the Global Health Cast presented by Prof. Schmitt and Dr. Sanicas. Topics Covered: 00:00 Introduction 0:29 What we talk about today 01:00 COVID-19 update 05:10 Do epidemics increase with internet usage...

19 July, 2022

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$2.5 million grant funds study of how infectious diseases become epidemics

Two Kansas State University researchers are exploring how diseases spread across long distances in an effort to learn how to better control the next human, animal or plant epidemic. Caterina Scoglio, professor of...

23 November, 2015

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How some exposure to Ebola could lead to immunity

Epidemics like the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa often get started when people make contact with animals carrying infectious diseases, but, paradoxically, a certain amount of human exposure to a virus at its...

28 October, 2014

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