Costing the arms race: drugs, super-bugs and the appliance of science Does the spread of multiply-resistant microbes signal the end of...
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Why is Africa still the poorest continent? Among 29 countries where human life expectancy is still 50...
Tribes and Diatribes: race, genes, and diseases Few human deaths are caused by inherited genetic defects, and...
For a diet of worms: too much hygiene can damage your health Public health campaigns have dramatically reduced exposure to infection but...
Luck, Leadership and Liberty: health through cultural evolution What processes govern whether health in populations gets better or...
Ebola: Emergence, Epidemic and the Global Response The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is probably...