Highlights of the BMC Series – March 2021
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Tackling pork tapeworm through a One Health approach.
Pork tapeworm: a parasite that afflicts poor, marginalised farming and rural communities within 56 countries across the globe. Matt Dixon looks at how… Read more »
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Geosocial networking apps can be a helpful tool to study larger cohorts in HIV research and assess health interventions
Dating apps have changed the patterns of sexual behaviors in most demographic groups, with potential consequences on the risk for… Read more »
Facebook surveys provide rapid insights into people’s behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
How did people change their behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic? In an article recently published in EPJ Data Science, Daniela… Read more »
Meet the SDG3 researchers: Nistara Randhawa
Dr. Nistara Randhawa is an epidemiologist at the Wildlife Health Center/One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine,… Read more »
Screening for kidney cancer in Leeds
A new University of Cambridge-led study registered at the ISRCTN registry will investigate the feasibility of developing a full… Read more »
Hedgehogs reveal the presence of a little-known parasite in Mallorca: the rat lungworm
The distribution of a lesser-known parasite, the rat lungworm, appears to be increasing – its finding in Mallorcan hedgehogs has… Read more »
The need for increased investment in the Indian health workforce
A recent study published in Human Resources for Health explains why India is facing a concerning shortage of workers in the health… Read more »
Operational Response to US Measles Outbreaks, 2017-19
A study published today in BMC Public Health leverages the firsthand experience of frontline responders to address operational… Read more »
Tapeworm loses its telomeres
A fully resolved, chromosome-level genome assembly of a tapeworm provides the first complete picture of a representative of one of… Read more »