Topic: disease
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Anxiety, Traditional Medicine, and Plenty of Purell: Beijing Watches and Waits for Bird Flu
"From day one we were getting a lot of phone calls from nervous patients."
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Maps
Happy 200th Birthday to a Mapmaker Who Changed the World
John Snow mapped out cases of cholera during an infamous 1854 outbreak in London.
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Maps
We've Been Looking at the Spread of Global Pandemics All Wrong
Redrawn maps of the world's air-transport network could change the way we track disease from city to city.
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How Flight Delays Spread From Airport to Airport Like a Disease
Air travel congestion can quickly spread from a few cities to a whole network.
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Why We Need More Research Into Cycling and Brain Science
Riding a bike may have special benefits that other exercise modes don’t, but we just don't know enough about it.
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What's Behind the Rise of Diabetes in Young Children in Philadelphia?
New research shows a startling prevalence of the disease among children younger than 5.
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Unless You Live in Takoma Park, Beverly Hills, or Reno, You're Probably Going to Get the Flu
Google knows.
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Forecasting Flu Outbreaks on a City-By-City Basis
Researchers looking into New York City's flu rates think they may be able to predict local pandemics seven weeks before they happen.
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High-Fashion Bags Inspired by Third World Filth
Danielle van Lunteren's "Infected" bags spread pestilence into the ultra-clean cities of the Netherlands.
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When Your City Is Killing You
In Several Ways to Die in Mexico City, author Kurt Hollander explores the way a city's air, food, and diseases actually affect us.
