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A variety of pathogenic Vibrio species, including Vibrio vulnificus (blue), Vibrio cholerae (red), Vibrio fluvialis (purple), Vibrio alginolyticus (yellow), and Vibrio parahaemolyticus (green).

Climate crisis fuels outbreaks of Vibrio bacteria – including cholera and other serious infections

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Analysis of six decades of data shows that cholera bacteria and other strains are spreading rapidly due to warming ocean waters and poor sanitation – and the danger is expected to increase
The deadly plague of the "Black Death" in Naples, 1656. Engraving by Miko Spadaro, an eyewitness to the plague. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Israeli researchers have developed a 100% effective mRNA vaccine against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Institute for Biological Research have developed an innovative vaccine against one of the deadliest bacteria in history – Yersinia pestis, which caused the Black Death in the Middle Ages.
Monkeypox virus in human vesicular fluid. Electron microscopy reveals "M" virus (Mulberry type) of varicella virus in human vesicular fluid. The surface of type "M" viruses is covered with short, coiled filaments, while type "C" or "capsule" viruses have penetrated inside. Photo: depositphotos.com

Fear of an outbreak of monkeypox

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Several cases of the viral disease have been discovered in the United States and Europe and health authorities are preparing to stop its spread. The good news: there is an effective vaccine against it
Bats in isolation. Photo: Yuval Barkai

Sick bats also maintain "social distancing" and help prevent the outbreak of an epidemic

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Sick bats also maintain "social distancing" and help prevent the outbreak of an epidemic
A find from the fifth century in Shebata. Photo: Bar Ilan University

Israeli researchers discovered evidence of the collapse of a commercial vine branch in the Negev 1500 years ago, during a time of plague and climate change

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Famine farming in Ethiopia. Photo: Image by D Mz from Pixabay

Why do so many epidemics originate in Asia and Africa - and why can we expect more such epidemics in the future?

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Testing for the detection of the corona virus. Illustration: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Identification of the corona virus in 15 minutes

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Protection against the corona virus. Illustration: Image by _freakwave_ from Pixabay

Against the background of the spread of the corona virus: what is a 'super distributor'? An infectious disease specialist explains

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symptoms of coronavirus. Infographic: shutterstock

What is the corona virus and why is it dangerous?

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Consequences of Justinian's plague. Illustration: From a study by Dr. Lee Mordechai from the Hebrew University

New research reveals that Justinian's plague did not contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Islam

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An emergency hospital established in Kansas during the Spanish flu outbreak. Photo: National Health Museum. From Wikipedia

A hundred years of influenza

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A strong flow in the mountainous Jordan in better times. Today everything is dry. Photo: shutterstock

What is the connection between mouse and climate change?

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Modern transportation brings with it progress, but also a faster spread of epidemics. Photo: Judhi Prasetyo, Flickr

The train of surprises

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A warning at the Disneyland park in California, calling for unvaccinated children not to be allowed in the park following the spread of measles in December 2014

"More it goes and it comes" - the version of the plagues - measles flourishes because of the opponents of vaccines

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Photomicrograph of an Ebola virus virion - a part of the virus that is also capable of infecting the disease. From Wikipedia, Cynthia Goldschmidt, CDC

Ebola: 4,033 dead and the rate is only increasing

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Illustrating the need for clean water supply. Illustration: shutterstock

Senior World Health Organization official: We can save millions of lives if we stop the warming

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A sign warning against entering an Ebola-infected area, in the 2013 outbreak in the Congo. Photo: shutterstock

With the health risk close to home, medical professionals base their attitudes toward vaccines on personal feelings and experiences

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Director of the International Health Organization Margaret Chan

A thousand Ebola victims; The World Health Organization has declared an international emergency

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Ebola virus. Illustration: shutterstock

WHO: The Ebola virus is out of control; 729 have perished so far

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Ebola virus. Illustration: shutterstock

Ebola outbreak in Africa - claimed the lives of 84 people and is difficult to stop

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A skeleton of one of the victims of the Black Death in London. Photo: website of the company digging the railway tunnel, Crossrail

Skeletons discovered in the excavation of a railway tunnel in London belong to the remains of the Black Death

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Irrational resistance to vaccines. Illustration: shutterstock

Following the article: 14 reasons not to get vaccinated distributed by the "Other Truth Project" website - a critical analysis

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A girl in Peshawar, Pakistan, receives an attenuated polio vaccine in drops in 2002. Photo: shutterstock

Polio: The Circular Arguments of Vaccine Opponents

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An Egyptian stamp from 1984 showing a child receiving a vaccine by drops in his mouth. Photo: shutterstock

The polio vaccination campaign will expand to the entire country

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The polio virus. Illustration: shutterstock

Polio - the twenty things every parent must know

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Polio viruses. From Wikipedia

The things that infest the sewers - about the polio virus and defense against it

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A boy with smallpox is immortalized on a stamp from Guinea. Photo: shutterstock.

Smallpox viruses threaten again / Sonia Shah

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An orange tree is infected with Citrus tristeza virus. From Wikipedia

The end of the orange juice / Anna Kushment

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The MERS virus. Figure Credit: NIAID/RML

A new virus, MERS, a relative of SARS, is ravaging Saudi Arabia

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A mosquito carrying the Nile fever parasite. From Wikipedia

Global warming causes the spread of West Nile fever in Europe and Israel

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Credit: Web-based GIS: the vector-borne disease airline importation risk (VBD-AIR) tool (healthgeographics.com)

The Age of the Deadly Jet / Larry Greenmeyer

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A street in an unknown village in Angola, where a cholera epidemic broke out in 2006 and 2007. Researchers from the Technion and Microsoft have developed software that can predict outbreaks. Photo: Paulo César Santos Via Wikimedia Commons.

Research at the Technion and Microsoft: the computer will reveal fortunes

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Coronaviruses. From Wikipedia

Scientists warn: a new virus will wipe out humanity within five years. is that so?

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Dr. Adi Stern

My vision is to predict an epidemic before it breaks out, by studying the jumps of viruses from animals to humans

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A royal Danae. From Wikipedia

Is migration "contagious"?

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Pigs

The flu epidemic - was or was not

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The bacterium causes cholera. From Wikipedia

The vaccine in the vegetable salad: plants that provide ``natural'' vaccines

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Influenza - the threatening virus?!

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Keep an eye on the pigs!

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

New methods to fight tuberculosis

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Swine flu - even the doctors and nurses are afraid of getting infected

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The age of new swine flu patients is increasing

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The swine flu was declared a level 6 epidemic - and why it doesn't change anything

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Fast and cheap virus detector

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

What we need to know about swine flu

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Vaccines, autism and scientific quackery

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The World Health Organization has recommended the adoption of a new monitoring method for the bilharzia disease developed by a researcher from the Hebrew University

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Archaeological findings prove that the rust disease could spread in crops at the rate of an epidemic

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The exercise simulating a biological attack took place yesterday at Rambam Hospital in Haifa

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Burn the neglected tropical diseases in Africa

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