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How do we die? Death trends in the U.S.
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How do we die? Death trends in the U.S.

A 2012 article detailing how Americans have died over the years is gaining new attention after being reworked by a computer scientist. In the last 200 years, the biggest difference in how Americans die is the enormous...

16 June, 2014
2 min read
Killer virus demands open accounting
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Killer virus demands open accounting

For many months in 2012 and 2013, Saudi Arabia reassured the world that it was paying close attention to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in the kingdom, known as Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. But events...

16 June, 2014
3 min read
Spreading polio remains a global hazard
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Spreading polio remains a global hazard

Just when it looked as if polio was nearing global eradication, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the international spread of polio a public health emergency that warranted aggressive control measures. In...

26 May, 2014
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Measles virus used to treat bone marrow cancer
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Measles virus used to treat bone marrow cancer

The paper has reported on a new study in the growing field of virotherapy – a treatment where viruses are used to attack diseases. The study was a proof of concept study, involving people with multiple myeloma – a type...

26 May, 2014
7 min read