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War Against Malaria Rages On
Authored by: Venkat Rao I was at the just concluded Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) held...
Venkat Rao
Nov 13, 20226 min read


COVID-19 Impact on Life Expectancy in the United States Most Severe Since World War II
Authored by: Venkat Rao Breakthrough health research and innovations in biotechnology and medicine doubled the life expectancy of human...
Venkat Rao
Oct 27, 20225 min read


Superbugs in Stock for Sale at the Grocery Stores
Authored by Venkat Rao Are the nation’s largest grocery chains stocked with food products at-risk of exposure to superbugs? A new report...
Venkat Rao
Oct 18, 20226 min read


What is “Flurona,” and Why it Should Concern us?
Authored by Venkat Rao Early in 2020 an unvaccinated teenager in Los Angeles tested positive for Flu and COVID-19 infections at the same...
Venkat Rao
Oct 11, 20225 min read


Psychiatric and Neurological Risk Burden Imposed by COVID-19
Authored by: Venkat Rao Iceberg comes as a good analogy to what we currently know about the neurological and psychiatric disease burden...
Venkat Rao
Oct 4, 20225 min read


What is Common Between Monkeypox and AIDS virus?
Authored by: Venkat Rao In a just published disease surveillance report, a high prevalence of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, among...
Venkat Rao
Sep 18, 20224 min read


Are COVID vaccines and boosters really providing the protection?
Authored by: Venkat Rao Nothing is straightforward when it comes to published literature on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination...
Venkat Rao
Sep 6, 20224 min read


Is Polio Making A Comeback? Polio Virus Detected in Sewage Water
Authored by: Venkat Rao Polio, a potentially deadly and disabling infectious diseases caused by poliovirus appears to be making a...
Venkat Rao
Aug 29, 20224 min read


Monkeypox Virus Detected on Household Surfaces—What is Going on With This Emerging Outbreak?
Authored by: Venkat Rao A couple of days ago, New York Department of Health confirmed the first known case of Monkeypox in a juvenile...
Venkat Rao
Aug 22, 20224 min read


Can a Bone Graft Product Cause Tuberculosis Outbreak?
Authored by: Venkat Rao Yes. A recent study published in the latest issue of Lancet reports a remarkable finding of a 2021 nationwide...
Venkat Rao
Aug 16, 20223 min read


Superbugs—A Global Health Security Challenge
Authored by: Venkat Rao Superbugs are certain strains of viruses, bacteria and fungi that are resistant to most currently available...
Venkat Rao
Aug 8, 20223 min read


Gene Scissors to save the Planet?
Authored by: Venkat Rao CRISPR gene editing technology became a game changer in genomic research when the genome editing technology was...
Venkat Rao
Aug 1, 20223 min read


High Level Isolation Units for Pathogen Containment and Patient Care
Authored by: Venkat Rao With a growing and continued onslaught of high-consequence infectious diseases such as Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers,...
Venkat Rao
Jul 25, 20223 min read


235,000 lives saved in the US by COVID-19 vaccine
Authored by: Venkat Rao According to a recent study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), COVID-19 vaccination may...
Venkat Rao
Jul 18, 20222 min read


Biosecurity and Biological Weapons Convention in the Age of Global Pandemic
The Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) is slated to take place in Geneva, Switzerland from 28 November to...
Venkat Rao
Jul 11, 20222 min read


COVID vaccines prevented poor outcomes in people of all sizes
Authored by: Venkat Rao According to a recent report from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy CIDRAP), a study...
Venkat Rao
Jul 2, 20221 min read
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