Jun 10 ‘Part of the new reality’: Despite confusion, Zika warnings are here to stay By Helen Branswell, STAT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to warn women who are pregnant to avoid traveling to wide swathes of Latin America and the Caribbean. Continue reading
Oct 23 Scientists think the common cold may at last be beatable By Carl Zimmer, STAT Scientists have a vaccine that has shown promising results in trials on macaques. Continue reading
May 09 Mosquito season brings no new urgency for money to fight Zika By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press The White House and Democrats are pressuring congressional Republicans to act on President Barack Obama's demands for money to combat Zika, but even the onset of mosquito season that probably will spread the virus has failed to create a sense… Continue reading
Jun 25 A mutation may explain why last year’s flu vaccine failed for so many By Catherine Woods Researchers at the Wistar Institute in Pennsylvania discover a mutation to explain why last year’s flu vaccine failed for so many. Continue reading
Jun 17 This rockstar scientist wrote a song about her friends who died from Ebola By News Desk In the world of science, Harvard geneticist Pardis Sabeti is a rock star. She also fronts a guitar-heavy alternative rock band from Boston. Continue reading
Jun 05 Inside the $105 million lab that wants to wipe out MERS and Ebola By Nsikan Akpan How did one patient in South Korea instigate the largest MERS outbreak to-date outside of the Middle East?… Continue reading
Jan 14 Seven new measles cases reported, virus traced to Disney theme parks By Jasmine Wright California’s Department of Public Health confirmed Monday seven more cases of measles tied to outbreaks from Disney theme parks in California, bringing the total number of infected to 26. Continue reading
Nov 23 U.S. looking past Ebola to prepare for next outbreak By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press The next Ebola or the next SARS. Maybe even the next HIV. Even before the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is brought under control, public health officials are girding for the next health disaster. Continue reading
Nov 07 12 steps to safely bury Ebola victims By Larisa Epatko One of the devastating aspects of the Ebola virus is the hands-off, highly sanitized burial of those who have died from the disease to ward off its spread. After months of dispatching burial teams to handle the emotional duty, the… Continue reading
Nov 05 The 14-step process to putting on an Ebola protective suit By Megan Thompson Treating someone with Ebola involves a painstaking process of suiting up and peeling off protective gear, or in hospital speak, “donning and doffing.” Last month, after two Dallas nurses became infected after caring for an Ebola patient, the CDC revised… Continue reading