Innovative algorithm makes genomic surveillance faster and more affordable for global disease outbreaks

Genomic surveillance—the process of monitoring and sequencing pathogens—is one of the most important tools for detecting ...
Phys.org

New algorithm identifies disease-linked changes in cells without prior training

A new algorithm could drive breakthroughs in understanding cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other potentially fatal conditions. Researchers from the University of Waterloo developed the ...
CNN

Amanda Peet: ‘There’s No Algorithm For Grief’

'You can read Amanda Peet's essay, "My Season of Ativan" in The New Yorker. She's starring the second season of "Your Friends and Neighbors", streaming now on Apple TV+. If you have thoughts you want ...
CNN

Tetanus is a rare but dangerous disease. A doctor explains why experts are worried

Tetanus may sound like a disease from another era, but experts are warning that it remains a serious threat. Two recent reports from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found hundreds of ...
CNN

This artist uses nails, gold, plants and flowers to capture the ‘aura of Blackness’

You might hear Alexis Peskine’s art studio in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, before you see it. On a good day, the syncopated clatter of hammers hitting nails falls in between the soulful rhythms of ...
Local News 8

Oldest known evidence of plague reveals the disease’s deadly impact 5,500 years ago

(CNN) — Ancient DNA recovered from cemeteries in southeast Siberia has revealed previously unknown strains of plague that had a deadly impact on an unexpected group of people 5,500 years ago. The ...