Everyone knows that rats and fleas spread the Black Death... But is there more to this old and deadly story? A team of scientists set out to definitively say that the human body louse by be a cru...
The newest Lancet Countdown publication highlights negative impacts of climate change on human health in Europe, including several climate-sensitive vectors and pathogens.
https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024/05/24/2024lancetcountdowneurope/
In support of World Bee Day 2024, we highlight buzzworthy research from across the BMC Series.
A study in Ghana provides insights into the tissue preferences of African trypanosomes in animals, with implications on diagnostic and treatment strategies.
Is sea lion development more like dogs' or cats'? - How does hybrid COVID immunity impact future infection risk? - How can medically-assisted dying be legalized ethically? - Does coffee reduce mo...
https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcseriesblog/2024/05/15/highlights-of-the-bmc-series-april-2024/
Studies of ancient human remains are beginning to reveal details of the origin, evolution, and virulence of parasitic diseases, including malaria. A recent study of mitochondrial DNA from an anci...
It is now recognised that health studies and interventions have historically been male-biased, and female-related health issues less explored. The potential consequence of infection with Schistos...
Can the jewel wasp tell us anything about the process of aging? How does advertising contribute to social inequalities? Can a silver filter reduce metal artifacts in computed tomography? How far ...
https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcseriesblog/2024/04/10/highlights-of-the-bmc-series-march-2024/
BMC Bioinformatics warmly welcomes submissions to its Collection on new computational approaches, tools, and databases to address issues and open questions in bioinformatics ethics and data priv...
Many of the most frightening human viruses have only recently made the jump from another species. These ‘zoonoses’ include the pandemic virus SARS-Cov-19 (which famously derived from a bat vi...