Vaccinations Epidemiology Infectious disease
Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered a new evasion strategy used by the varicella zoster virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles, that may allow it to affect tissues far from the original site of infection.
Neuroscience Public Health Infectious disease
In 2015, after four days of flu-like symptoms, a 16-year-old star high school athlete died of plague, likely from contact with a flea-infested dead rodent on his family’s property near Fort Collins. His parents were so stunned, they took the exceptional student’s story public to raise awareness.
Public Health Infectious disease Health Care Policy and Research
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. public health system must focus on critical questions of accountability, politicization and updating data systems if it is to do its job well and maintain the trust of the American people, according to a new report from the Colorado School of Public Health.
Public Health Infectious disease
Although bird flu (H5N1) has circulated among wild and domestic flocks for 30 years, it has surprised public health experts in the past two years with the longest, largest and deadliest outbreak in history. Either through infection or preventive culling, the avian flu virus has affected a record 90 million domestic birds since January 2022 in the United States alone.
Research Patient Care Infectious disease ColoradoSPH at CU Anschutz
While the hit TV show “The Last of Us” depicts a fictional fungus, there is a real fungus causing concern in the healthcare community, and it can be deadly.
Neuroscience Alzheimer's Infectious disease
Viruses can inflame and disrupt connections between the olfactory system, which governs the sense of smell, and the part of the brain associated with memory and learning, possibly accelerating the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
David Kelly
