Health & Science
U.S. COVID cases start to rise again as the holidays approach
Posted on · After declining most of the fall, new infections are up again in more than half of U.S. states, worrying experts about what the holiday season may bring.
Tag: epidemiology
Town Square
‘COVID 2021 Is Not COVID 2019. It’s Far More Transmissible,’ Says President Of ACCESS Health International
Posted on · The Delta variant makes up an estimated 83 percent of U.S. cases, C.D.C. director says as they update mask guidelines for those fully vaccinated.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2042: Science Remaking the World
Posted on · Episode: 2042 Looking at a brave new scientific world in 1922. Today, science and change.
Town Square
A&M Research COVID-19 Transmission After Vaccination And Ask A Doctor
Posted on · An estimated 2,000 Texas college students will take part in a contact tracing survey along with 10,000 national participants started by Operation Warp Speed, the accelerated testing, supply, development, and distribution COVID-19 vaccine plan by the federal government.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2042: Science Remaking the World
Posted on · Episode: 2042 Looking at a brave new scientific world in 1922. Today, science and change.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1527: Polio and Clean Water
Posted on · Episode: 1527 How Clean Water triggered the Great Polio Epidemics. Today, we wonder where polio came from.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1141: The Tipping Point
Posted on · Episode: 1141 Tipping points in human affairs: in disease, crime, and education. Today, a thought about math education, parents, and the camel’s back.
inDepth
Census Undercount In Texas Could Damage Critical Health Services
Posted on · If COVID-19 reduces the response rate to this year’s census, that could make it harder to respond to future epidemics
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1527: Polio and Clean Water
Posted on · Episode: 1527 How Clean Water triggered the Great Polio Epidemics. Today, we wonder where polio came from.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3121: Getting Typhus
Posted on · Episode: 3121 Charles Nicolle and the Transmission of Typhus. Today, we get typhus.