Public Health
How China’s ‘Bat Woman’ Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus
Wuhan-based virologist Shi Zhengli has identified dozens of deadly SARS-like viruses in bat caves, and she warns there are more out there
Epidemiology125 articles archived since 1845
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Why the Coronavirus Slipped Past Disease Detectives
Groups of scientists tasked with identifying pandemic-prone microbes were stretched too far and thin
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Epidemiologist Veteran of SARS and MERS Shares Coronavirus Insights after China Trip
Columbia University professor W. Ian Lipkin looks for lessons from the new disease COVID-19 to prevent the next disaster
Epidemiology
AIDS in 1988
In their first collaborative article the investigators who discovered HIV introduce a single-topic issue on AIDS. They recount the discovery and offer prospects for vaccine, for therapy and for the epidemic...
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Chronic Covid: The Evolving Story
When SARS-CoV-2 lingers in the body, it accumulates many of the same mutations seen in the most dangerous global variants. What can scientists do with this knowledge?
