An international team of researchers led by a School of Medicine professor is warning that scientists must better prepare for the next pandemic – and has developed a plan to do just that.

Water scarcity in rural Alaska is not a new problem, but the situation is getting worse with climate change. 

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic had people sharing an array of strategies for disinfection and disease prevention. 

Florida has experienced a relatively mild winter, which typically translates to more mosquitoes in the summer and more birds on which they can feast. 

More than half of all health care workers worldwide are experiencing burnout that, if not addressed, could cause many to leave their fields in favor of less-stressful occupations or choose early retirement.

Breast cancer is the most common type of tumour found in women. 69,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in Germany alone. 

There are many ways to test municipal wastewater for signs of the virus that causes COVID-19, but scientists in Houston have determined theirs is the best yet.

The Tau protein plays a key role in the development of certain degenerative brain diseases called tauopathies.

It’s estimated that an average-sized wastewater treatment plant serving roughly 400,000 residents will discharge up to 2,000,000 microplastic particles into the environment each day. 

A new COVID-19 antibody blood test developed by Northwestern University scientists requires only a single drop of blood self-collected at home.