BODY HORRORS

This malaria map was illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:46:57 -0400

This malaria map was illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, during World War II to educate young GIs. According to the Naval Department Library, this map was printed on the back of a Newsmap (two sided poster) that showed the five war fronts in 1943: Russia, Italy, “air offensive”, southwest Pacific and Burma.

(via Dr Seuss Does Malaria « Contagions)

PHAGOCYTOSIS

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:32:15 -0400

PHAGOCYTOSIS:

This pleases me.

What You Should Know About Biological Warfare (1952)

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:45:34 -0400

What You Should Know About Biological Warfare (1952)

Alchemists Gone Bad: What You Should Know About Biological Warfare

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:45:08 -0400

Alchemists Gone Bad: What You Should Know About Biological Warfare:

Latest Body Horrors! Alchemists gone bad, gone mad.

Why a Saudi Virus Is Spreading Alarm

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:58:41 -0400

Why a Saudi Virus Is Spreading Alarm:

Long read by Laurie Garrett on the rotten politics of the MERS virus.

Polio outbreak in refugee complex in Kenya being contained, say UN agencies

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:34:05 -0400

Polio outbreak in refugee complex in Kenya being contained, say UN agencies:

Great. Just great.

Just when we’re trying to squeeze polio out of Aghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, it pops up in a REFUGEE CAMP … in KENYA.

BATTLING THE BACTERIOPHAGE. kolbisneat: Here it is! Now that...

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:31:25 -0400

BATTLING THE BACTERIOPHAGE.

kolbisneat:

Here it is!

Now that the Macro & Micro show is basically upon us (opening THIS FRIDAY!) I am now willing + able to share the full image in all its battling glory.

I opted to go micro and offer what I’m sure is an entirely accurate depiction of white blood cells fending off a bacteriophage.

Right? White blood cells are tiny space folk with laser hands?

And if you’re so inclined there are prints available at the LGAL shop!

The animated Google Doodle in honor of Julius Richard Petri,...

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:27:11 -0400

The animated Google Doodle in honor of Julius Richard Petri, creator of the most vital lab tool in the microbio lab: the petri dish

(by tagSeoBlog)

(via Today’s Google Doodle Honors the Petri Dish : Body...

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:25:57 -0400

(via Today’s Google Doodle Honors the Petri Dish : Body Horrors)

What could possibly go wrong? (via Human Parasites Pancakes -...

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:21:29 -0400

What could possibly go wrong?

(via Human Parasites Pancakes - Neatorama)

Post World War II United Kingdom poster promoting vaccination...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:59:23 -0400

Post World War II United Kingdom poster promoting vaccination against diphtheria.

Wow, look at the bonkers shape of Clostridium tetani, the...

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:54:16 -0400

Wow, look at the bonkers shape of Clostridium tetani, the organism responsible for tetanus! So weird.

This gram stain shows its “tennis racket” or “drumstick” appearance.

WHO airs concern about Middle East coronavirus transmission

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:35:49 -0400

WHO airs concern about Middle East coronavirus transmission:

The World Health Organization (WHO) voiced increased concern today about the possibility of community transmission of the novel coronavirus, while sketching in a few more details about a hospital-centered case cluster in Saudi Arabia and the clinical spectrum of the infection.

Although sustained transmission in the community has not been seen, the WHO said, “The continued appearance of cases that are not part of larger clusters, and who do not have a history of animal contact, increases concerns about possible community transmission. This possibility is being investigated by authorities in Saudi Arabia.”

The WHO has confirmed 40 cases and 20 deaths from novel coronavirus infections since the pathogen was identified in 2012, most of them in older men.

Christ, this is the coolest thing ever. “An artificial...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:28 -0400

Christ, this is the coolest thing ever.

“An artificial nano ‘T4 Bacteriophage’ made of diamond-like carbon that could be used as a viral robot to infect bacteria”

(via 2005 MicroGraph Winners)

Microbes in Pool Filter Backwash as Evidence of the Need for Improved Swimmer Hygiene — Metro-Atlanta, Georgia, 2012

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:28:58 -0400

Microbes in Pool Filter Backwash as Evidence of the Need for Improved Swimmer Hygiene — Metro-Atlanta, Georgia, 2012:

Well, this is gross.

"We cannot wall ourselves off from the world and hope for the best, nor ignore the public health..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:32:03 -0400

“We cannot wall ourselves off from the world and hope for the best, nor ignore the public health challenges beyond our borders. The world is interconnected, and that demands an integrated approach to global health.”

- Barack Obama

Announcing the Winners of the Science Seeker Awards!

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:57:24 -0400

Announcing the Winners of the Science Seeker Awards!:

So delighted and honored to have won Best Life-In-Science article from Science Seeker for my work on one of the earliest known HIV cases in a Norwegian sailor! Wonderful news!

Check out my article, “The Sea Has Neither Sense Nor Pity”!

The Next Contagion - Closer Than You Think - NYTimes.com

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:24:07 -0400

The Next Contagion - Closer Than You Think - NYTimes.com:

Some seem to think that public health officials pull a microbe “crisis du jour” out of their proverbial test tube when financing for infectious disease research and control programs appears to be drying up. They dismiss warnings about the latest bugs as “crying wolf.” This misimpression could be deadly.

This poster, designed by René Gauch, offers a reward of $1000 to...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:25:02 -0400

This poster, designed by René Gauch, offers a reward of $1000 to “the first person reporting an active smallpox case resulting from human to human transmission and confirmed by laboratory tests.” The reward was valid until the global eradication of smallpox was certified in 1980. Featuring an abstraction of a human face in a pointillist style, the symbolism in the design exhibits a haunting quality appropriate to the subject.

(via Visual Culture and Public Health Posters - Infectious Disease - Reward — Recompense $1000)

Plucking hell - your eyebrows are full of viruses

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:56:06 -0400

Plucking hell - your eyebrows are full of viruses:

HPV. In your eyebrows. Who knew?