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The COVID-19 Delta variant: What is it and why should we worry?

June 24, 2021January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

In December 2020, the B.1.617.2 variant, also known as the COVID-19 Delta variant, was first documented in India (1). Originally referred to as the “India

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The New Avian Influenza: A Case of Zoonosis

June 4, 2021January 31, 2022 user

H10N3 in China On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, Beijing’s National Health Commission announced a confirmed case of the H10N3 avian influenza in a 41-year-old man.

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AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy and Safety

March 22, 2021January 25, 2023 Marinanicole Schultheiss

Image courtesy of Alachua County via Public Domain One year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic [1],

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New Ebola Outbreak and COVID-19 in West Africa

March 21, 2021January 25, 2023 Marinanicole Schultheiss

By Sarah Wade Image courtesy of CDC Global Health, licensed under CC BY 2.0 On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Africa is experiencing another,

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IDHA Launches New Respiratory Health Study on Google Health Studies App

March 8, 2021 Marinanicole Schultheiss

In December 2020, the Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator department at Boston Children’s Hospital launched a new health study in collaboration with Google. The Respiratory

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COVID-19 and the Rise of Alcohol Use Among College Students

February 24, 2021January 25, 2023 Marinanicole Schultheiss

By: Sarah Wade Image courtesy of Anthony Marsiglia via Flickr The COVID-19 pandemic forced many universities to reassess their way of teaching students this past

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The Epidemic within the Pandemic

January 27, 2021January 25, 2023 Marinanicole Schultheiss

By: Alexandra Rodrigues and Autumn Gertz Image courtesy of Quote Catalog via Flickr While life before COVID-19 may serve as many people’s standard of normalcy,

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Treatment

January 4, 2021January 25, 2023 user

By: Jessica Wise and Autumn Gertz Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease similar to COVID-19: both respiratory illnesses are spread from person-to-person via droplet transmission

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