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Controlling mosquitoes has a large effect on controlling the diseases they carry.
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Innovations targeted at mosquito control are good but should not draw focus away from the tried and tested public health measures to control mosquito-borne diseases.
Boxer Muhammad Ali died of septic shock, after being admitted to the hospital for a respiratory problem. Despite the fact more than a million people are hospitalized with sepsis each year, fewer than half of Americans know what the word sepsis means.
A win in Puerto Rico suggests good things for Clinton in Florida during the general election.
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Puerto Ricans can’t vote in the general election, but the way they vote in the primary can predict how well a candidate will do with a key demographic.
A nurse administers the HPV vaccine in Dallas, Texas in 2007.
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Science explains how people are changing our natural systems, but we need to recognize the importance – and power – of emotions and the spiritual world in charting a course to the future.
An ethical robot – as science fiction.
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Are regular bettors and the house helped or hurt when deep-pocketed, high-volume computer-assisted bettors are wagering? Mathematicians used game theory to model this new wrinkle in parimutuel betting.
These tiny implants can attract and capture cancer cells.
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The boom in oil and gas development has brought new revenues to many communities in the U.S., but rural areas in particular have struggled to handle the rapid downturn in prices.
Faraway sinks, empty hand sanitizer dispensers, employees who just don’t want to change are all reasons health care workers don’t wash up as often as they should.
Is the water crisis in Flint, Michigan evidence that governments need a new way to make decisions?
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Thanks to improvements in the speed and cost of DNA analysis, traditional methods of tracking diseases are increasingly being paired with genomic technology.
Professor of Management & Organizations; Professor of Environment & Sustainability; Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan