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outbreaks

Climate or conflict? Legionnaire’s outbreak in Poland raises questions

By Filippa Lentzos, Gemma Bowsher | Biosecurity

El Niño increases global health threats that require a One Health response

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Climate Change

A contact tracer conducts an interview.

Can a smartphone app help us turn the coronavirus corner and go outside again?

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Children getting immunized at a health station in New York City.

Lessons for dealing with coronavirus: A tale of two cities—and smallpox

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

Nina Pham is discharged from the hospital.

Outbreaks of lethal diseases happen regularly. The US government just cut funding for the hospitals that deal with them

By Saskia Popescu | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies