Why should we care about Marburg?

Dr. Rob Fowler (second from right) with World Health Organization colleagues at the Ebola Clinical Training Centre in Freetown, Sierra Leone. (Photo credit: Rob Fowler) Earlier this year, Equatorial Guinea declared its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, with 11 confirmed deaths so far. The disease is caused by Marburg virus, which belongs to the...

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Why should you care about book publishing?

Dr. Matthew Bucemi teaches about book publishing at York University. (Photo credit: Matthew Bucemi) Being stuck at home for the last three years of the pandemic gave people a chance to return to slower-paced past times, like baking bread and reading. I was one of the many people who rediscovered and rekindled their love of...

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