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Governments should constantly be preparing for outbreaks, instead of just hastily responding to threats as they arise
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A global project is looking to animals to map the world's disease hotspots. Are they going about it the right way?
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Most IV saline bags used in U.S. hospitals are made in Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria has shown how troubling it can be to rely on one producer
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Tracking public sentiment toward vaccines could allow public health officials to identify and target areas of heightened disease risk
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New research into the subtle facial signs of illness could one day help train artificial intelligence systems to scan for infections
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Cooper Hewitt turns its design eye to beautifully styled wheelchairs, hearing aids and other accessible innovations
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It's designed to stimulate neural pathways in the brain tied to sustaining attention and controlling impulsivity
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By printing custom bone prostheses, researchers hope they can better fix a certain kind of hearing loss
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A virulent flu strain would overwhelm developing countries where health care systems are already floundering
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Researchers could have an answer to antibiotic resistance, and it involves using epigenetics to reprogram bacteria
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In a recent study, schizophrenics engaged the distressing voices they hear through digital audio-visual representations
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In a new book, Paul Shapiro describes clean meat as a promising alternative to industrial-scale farming
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After playing games with his son, a Duke physician invented a medical tool that could put ultrasound imaging in the hands of more doctors
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Gary Steinberg defied convention when he began implanting living cells inside the brains of patients who had suffered from a stroke
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Stanford researchers claim they can detect the lung infection more accurately than an experienced radiologist. Some radiologists aren't so sure.
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Biologists are taking a close look at how precisely calibrated timekeepers in organisms influence plant-pathogen interactions
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While still decades away, new research shows how custom vaccines could be developed
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That's the strategy behind Abuzz, a crowdsourcing project designed to track mosquito activity around the world
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They are among new approaches to dealing with a big problem in American health care
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A team of biomedical engineers has won this year's Dyson Award for "the sKan," which detects the thermal changes associated with melanoma
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