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American, United, and Delta airlines announced they are suspending all flights to and from China due to concerns over the recent coronavirus outbreak.

Airlines Are Suspending Flights to China Amid Outbreak

By Victor Tangermann

The CDC announced Friday that a second case of 2019-nCoV, also known as coronavirus, currently wreaking havoc in China was discovered in the US.

CDC Confirms Second Chinese Virus Case in the US

By Victor Tangermann

We're solidly into the beginning of the 2019-2020 flu season and so far it's proving to be an unusual one as atypical strains of flu virus are turning up.

2020 Flu Season Off to Quirky Start, Also Affects Seals

A 17-year-old teenager from New York died of "vaping-related illness" on Friday according to officials, as the New York Times reports.

First Teen Dies of “Vaping-Related” Illness in the U.S.

By Victor Tangermann

A "super fungus" called Candida auris is cropping up in hospitals all across the globe, killing half the people who contract it within 90 days.

Health & Medicine

Deadly “Super Fungus” Could Be the Beginning of a Global Epidemic

By Kristin Houser

We May Have Uncovered the Biological Mechanism to Turn off Hunger

Neuroscience and Brain

We May Have Uncovered the Biological Mechanism to Turn off Hunger

By Chelsea Gohd

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The CDC Wants to Use Blockchain as a Weapon Against Deadly Epidemics

Bill Gates Warns New Bioterrorism Threat Could Wipe out Over 30 Million People

Health & Medicine

Bill Gates Warns New Bioterrorism Threat Could Wipe out Over 30 Million People