But with cases of Covid infections still in the millions, and doctors warning about new variants of the disease, 但是,鉴于仍有数百万新冠感染病例,医生还在不断提醒民众新病毒变种的情况, is the pandemic really coming to an end? 疫情真的要结束了吗? In this programme, we’ll be finding out h...
Deadly outbreaks have plagued societies for centuries. But they can lead to medical breakthroughs—if we learn the right lessons from them.
Since no protective barrier, such as a condom, is used during bareback sex, there can be a higher chance of getting HIV. This is especially true for men who have sex with men (MSM). In 2021, MSM made up 81% of HIV cases in the United States.2 Because the rectum's lining is thin...
W: Professor Wang, you're now professor emeritus of Australia National University, and in your long academic career, you've worn many hats as tutor, lecturer, department head, dean, professor, and vice chancellor. However, as I know, you're still very fond of your university days as a s...
It's been more than two years and we are still living in the shadow of Covid-19. There have been many pandemics through history, such as the Black Death, and our species has survived. Sam and Neil discuss how pandemics end, and teach you related vocabulary along the way. ...
investigation. Eventually, FUOs are found to be caused by infections, cancers, collagen vascular diseases, and numerous miscellaneous diseases such as abscess in organs, obscure parasitic infections, and occult cancers. Unfortunately, some FUO cases defy diagnosis, despite expert evaluations and many ...
Nearly 30 years after the first documented cases of AIDS, we still don’t know exactly how HIV destroys the immune system. But inflammation – sustained immune activation – is now seen as a key factor in how it wreaks its damage. Investigation into this is revising the way the virus is ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed over 103 million cases of COVID in the U.S. since January 2020. COVID can still spread rapidly, especially through close person-to-person contact. You can get the virus and spread it even if you've been vaccinated or had the virus before...
Tuberculosis presents a significant health threat to the world population, with 8 million new cases of disease and 2 million deaths per year. The aetiological agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains well controlled in most of the 2 billion infected people worldwide, and disease develops in only ...
It's been more than two years and we are still living in the shadow of Covid-19. There have been many pandemics through history, such as the Black Death, and our species has survived. Sam and Neil discuss how pandemics end, and teach you ...