Human viral diseases - Topics

What is the difference between hepatitis B and hepatitis C in the long run? How did the discovery of HIV change blood safety rules worldwide? What finally ended the West African Ebola epidemic in 2016? What made measles one of the most contagious human viruses ever measured? What did the 1918 flu pandemic teach us about how viruses spread? How do new viruses jump from animals into humans? Why was HIV a death sentence in the 1980s but not today? Can a viral infection cause lasting organ damage after you recover? How did smallpox become the only human disease ever eradicated? How long can HIV go unnoticed before it starts causing symptoms? How dangerous is cryptococcal meningitis for someone living with HIV? Why is polio still circulating in a handful of countries? How did SARS-CoV-2 change the way the world tracks new viruses? How close are we to wiping out hepatitis C worldwide? Why do viral diseases hit some populations much harder than others? How do wastewater surveys spot a viral outbreak before hospitals do? Did smallpox really kill three hundred million people in the twentieth century? The smallpox vaccine scar is a marker of a whole generation