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...
Krisztian Magori highlights the ongoing dengue epidemic in South America, especially Brazil, and reviews a couple of recent papers about the potential causes and solutions to this ever-worsening ...
We are delighted to announce the launch of our first joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition! Bringing together art and science, the competition aims to showcase the bea...
Is possible to reduce the incidence of preeclampsia in primigravid women with vitamin D supplementation? How can we enhance parenting skills with dedicated programmes? How can we promote children...
https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcseriesblog/2024/03/21/highlights-of-the-bmc-series-february-2024/
In a recent study in Spain, researchers looked at the helminths infecting the endangered Cantabrian brown bear population, to determine what influence seasonality and bear activity may have on he...
https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024/03/15/looking-for-the-bear-necessities-of-helminths/
A new study in Parasites and Vectors looks at the potential impact the invasive Aedes albopictus in southern Spain.
The first-ever outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in temperate Australia is connected to the creation of extensive wetlands following excessively high rainfall.
https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024/03/01/an-arbovirus-new-to-australia/