It is now recognised that health studies and interventions have historically been male-biased, and female-related health issues less explored. The potential consequence of infection with Schistosoma blood flukes is an example that two recent reviews have exposed ..read more

Can the jewel wasp tell us anything about the process of aging? How does advertising contribute to social inequalities? Can a silver filter reduce metal artifacts in computed tomography? How far is prenatal care from equity? How to adapt risk communication to women's preferences for a breast cancer screening campaign ..read more

BMC Bioinformatics warmly welcomes submissions to its Collection on new computational approaches, tools, and databases to address issues and open questions in bioinformatics ethics and data privacy, including anonymization, encryption and data deposition ..read more

Many of the most frightening human viruses have only recently made the jump from another species. These ‘zoonoses’ include the pandemic virus SARS-Cov-19 (which famously derived from a bat virus), and can be sourced from species both closely related to humanity (such as HIV originating from apes) and from species more distally related (such as... Read more ..read more

Krisztian Magori highlights the ongoing dengue epidemic in South America, especially Brazil, and reviews a couple of recent papers about the potential causes and solutions to this ever-worsening health crisis ..read more

We are delighted to announce the launch of our first joint BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology image competition! Bringing together art and science, the competition aims to showcase the beauty of ecology, evolutionary biology and zoological research.  ..read more

Have you ever found yourself eyeing a mosquito as it buzzed around, seemingly fixated on making you its next meal? It’s an intricate dance of advances and retreats, with the female mosquito meticulously orchestrating its movements to achieve a precise landing. But mosquitoes aren't the only ones performing: across the globe, communities are harnessing the power of dance to rally against malaria, engaging people in the collective effort to combat this deadly disease ..read more

Is possible to reduce the incidence of preeclampsia in primigravid women with vitamin D supplementation? How can we enhance parenting skills with dedicated programmes? How can we promote children’s outdoor play? Which is the best method to monitor SARS-CoV-2 re-infections? How is machine learning approach used for diagnostic codes ..read more

In a follow-up to her recent blog post, Jenny Corser discusses the SOCKSESS study of smart sensing socks for monitoring diabetic feet, registered at the ISRCTN registry ..read more

In a recent study in Spain, researchers looked at the helminths infecting the endangered Cantabrian brown bear population, to determine what influence seasonality and bear activity may have on helminth species prevalence, and to feed into decisions for critical conservation efforts to safeguard the bears ..read more