pathogen

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Katherine Wu explained in a recent Atlantic piece: “The reality is that both environment and pathogens often influence the outcome of disease, and both should be addressed.”

From Salon

When positioned optimally, the device prevented inhalation of pathogens during the first 15 minutes of exposure.

From Science Daily

The weakened pathogens in live attenuated vaccines have the remote possibility of reverting back to their full pathogenic form or mixing with other circulating pathogens and becoming new vaccine-resistant ones.

From Salon

He pointed out that as recently as last year, a senior NIH official pushed back against attempts to strip Wuhan and other foreign labs from doing risky gain-of-function research that enhances the danger from pathogens.

From Washington Times

Today, as more and more people encroach on bat habitat, bat-borne pathogens pose an epidemiological minefield in 113 countries, where risk is high that a virus will jump species and infect humans.

From Reuters