Category Archives: Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

With every year of scientific pursuit and research, it seems that we discover an increasing number of hazardous materials and potentially lethal illnesses linked to them. Take, for instance, microplastics—a relatively new discovery in health science that has been linked to a variety of developing ailments. While this science is progressing, it often leaves longer-known issues by the wayside. One great example is asbestos.

Zoonotic pathogens are infectious agents, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites, that are transmitted from animals to humans. Zoonoses were reported to be responsible for over 200 types of diseases impacting human health, as reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), making them a major global health threat. Major outbreaks originate from animal hosts such as COVID-19, Ebola, the Nipah virus, and avian influenza (H5N1), which highlights how interconnected human and animal health truly are. Zoonotic pathogens are becoming increasingly threatening. Many factors bring humans and animals into increasingly close contact and raise the risks. Climate change, urbanization, global travel, and the destruction of wildlife habitats are the main ones. Without better early detection and intervention strategies, the next international crisis could already be silently brewing in a remote forest, farm, or market, waiting for the right moment to erupt.

Grabbing and holding people’s attention in the today’s digital world, where they are continuously scrolling, tapping, and swiping through content, is more difficult than ever

Viruses are the leading cause of infectious disease and as the recent COVID-19 pandemic exemplified, viruses can be a major threat to our society by overwhelming our health care systems, leading to a high number of fatalities, economic disruptions and a general impairment of our everyday life.