Diseases passed from animals to humans are on the rise. Hu Zhihong, Zhang Shuyi and Chen Zhu explain why and what we should do to tackle them [In hidsight, when we now know that the CCP virus was almost certainly leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which puts this article in a different light.]…
Sequencing the human genome is not an end in itself, says Francis Collins. It is just the start of a revolution in genomics and genetics that will change the face of medicine in the 21st century – For nearly 100 years the medical community has been aware of heredity’s powerful role in human health and…
The scourge of contagious disease is not just a problem for the poorest countries. It is a problem for the world – and one that can only be addressed by true cooperation between the public and private sectors, NGOs, philanthropic organizations, grassroots workers and activists. To assess what is being done and must be done…
