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Deforestation can drive outbreaks as dangerous viruses spread from wildlife to people. Here’s how to minimize the threat of spillovers
Researchers have shown that deforestation can drive outbreaks by bringing people closer to wildlife, which can shed dangerous viruses. Scientists ...
An ‘unregulated Wild West’: Can regulators get the prenatal testing industry under control?
As regulators stay on the sideline, a growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and ...
Syphilis is surging in the US. Here’s why — and why it’s preventable
In the United States, more than 129,800 syphilis cases were recorded in 2019, double the case count of five years ...
How the Chinese government suppressed the real story of the country’s coronavirus catastrophe
The news was spreading quickly that Li Wenliang, a doctor who had warned about a strange new viral outbreak only to be ...
Video: Here’s how quickly the coronavirus could overwhelm US hospitals
How bad will the coronavirus be for US hospitals? Some experts suggest that 20-60 percent of adults may contract the ...
Probabalistic genotyping: Controversial new frontier in DNA crime investigations
Cybergenetics [is] a private company that makes TrueAllele, a “probabilistic genotyping” software program[, which developers say can] remove human bias from ...
Woman diagnoses own rare muscle disease, links mutation to Olympic medalist
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Two years ago, I ...
