Dossier
disease transmission
Coverage of disease transmission in the Nexus archive.
- US YouTuber who risked wiping out uncontacted tribe by leaving them a can of Coke says he 'wanted to propel them thousands of years into the future... you can't catch diseases by looking at someone'
A US YouTuber left a can of Coke with an uncontacted tribe, risking their health and cultural integrity. He claimed the act would 'propel them thousands of years into the future' and dismissed concerns about disease transmission.
- 'In that moment, everything shattered': Boy, 15, was getting off the school bus when he found out he had HIV - after being deliberately infected by rapist predator
A 15-year-old boy discovered he had HIV after being deliberately infected by a rapist predator while getting off the school bus. The incident highlights a traumatic case of sexual violence and deliberate disease transmission.