Phineas Gage: An Accidental First in Neuroscience
After the accident, Phineas became unruly and unreliable; using profane language and changing his mind…
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Jonas Salk’s 100th Birthday
The History of Polio is forever and inextricably linked with Jonas Salk . Salk’s eagerly anticipated achievement of inoculation against the much…
Ebola Virus: One of Its Most Deadly Forms
The history of the Ebola virus is believed to date back to the beginning of…
The Bubonic Plague is Alive and Well
When we think of the plague, we imagine ages gone by, the middle ages in…
The Black Death
Timeline 430 B.C.- During the second year of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides writes about a…
SARS Virus
Tracking SARS back to its source January 2006 The previously unknown SARS virus generated widespread…
New Virus Related to Ebola and Rabies
By Maggie Fox, NBC News A virus that killed two teenagers in Congo in 2009…
Meningitis Questions
Need a cheat sheet to help keep it all straight? The CDC thinks you should…
Beware in Denver Salads sold at Safeway recalled due to Salmonella risk
DENVER – The department of Public Health and Environment is recalling grape tomatoes sold in…
Ebola Virus Outbreaks Table
Known Cases and Outbreaks of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, in Chronological Order Source: http://www.cdc.gov/ Year(s)…