Which infectious diseases have a mortality rate close to 100%?
Most infectious diseases that were once deadly can now be prevented with vaccines or treatments, with the exception of a few dangerous ones like prion diseases.
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Most infectious diseases that were once deadly can now be prevented with vaccines or treatments, with the exception of a few dangerous ones like prion diseases.
Scientists in Shanghai, China, said that nCoV can be transmitted through
The Hittite Empire was very developed and prosperous, but in the last 3 years before its collapse, this civilization faced a problem that people in the world today are f…
A mysterious infection, dubbed 'Disease X', has killed 79 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bloomberg reported on December 7.
Leptospirosis is a zoonotic infection caused by the spiral-shaped bacteria Leptospira.
Dogs, cats, monkeys, rats, and bats are recorded to cause many cases of rabies in humans in Vietnam and globally.
These findings challenge our understanding of zoonotic diseases and highlight our indispensable role in the ecosystem's exchange of viruses.
Paris authorities are taking many measures to treat and eradicate mosquitoes that spread infectious diseases before the Summer Olympics begin.
When it comes to infectious diseases, the first feeling of many people is panic, which not only causes pain for the sick person, but only someone who comes into contact…
Cancer and bacteria cells behave differently when they are not affected by the Earth's gravity.
Ecologist David Lapola warned that the next pandemic could originate from the Amazon rainforest because humans are increasingly invading animal habitats.
Honey bees, chimpanzees, American buffalo frogs or Caribbean lobster lobsters often take the initiative to stay away from co-infected viruses or bacteria that cause cont…
There are many links between climate change and infectious diseases. For example, rising temperatures make our natural immune system less effective.
Chinese and Russian scientists have discovered the dangers of simultaneously being infected with both flu and coronavirus.
The outbreak of COVID-19 caused by the new strain of Corona virus has raised questions about a phenomenon called 'herd immunity' and what role it plays in the course of…