Paper Summary:
"The Hot Zone," by Richard Preston, outlines the history of the three filoviruses: Marburg, Ebola Sudan, and Ebola Zaire. The account consists of scientific in...
Although for much of the American population epidemics such as AIDS or Ebola seem far away, there is now an increasingly more common threat that hits a little closer to home....
The Electromagnetic Bomb - a Weapon of Electrical Mass Destructi
Figure 1:A computer generated image of an e-bomb detonating,sending electromagnetic shockwaves
The nex...
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - A "deadly dozen" diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation So...
A “virgin soil” epidemic can be described as the introduction of several diseases into a population who has no knowledge or immunity against them. An example that comes t...
Terrorism. It is a word that strikes fear into many. Terrorism has been around since the beginning of time, and has caused empires to rise, fall, and allowed people to gain po...