Disease
The Fourth Case of Mad Cow Disease Ever Reported in the U.S. Was Just Confirmed
The victim likely picked up the disease while traveling abroad
Ebola Vaccine For Chimps Could Help Save Wild Populations
A trial of a chimp vaccine highlights debates over vaccinating wild populations and using chimps in medical research
Can Free Crack Pipe Kits—Like Free Heroin Needles—Reduce Disease Transmission?
A group in San Francisco plans to hand out free crack pipes, but the city is not convinced it'll help reduce the spread of HIV and Hep C
Fewer Honeybees Died Last Year, But Not Enough to Save Them
If losses continue at the same rate, honey bees in the U.S. won't survive on the long term
The Black Death Actually Improved Public Health
Analysis of skeletons from before and after the height of the epidemic yields surprising results
How Will Wildlife Loss Affect Diseases That Jump From Animals to Humans?
In an east African case study, scientists found that taking large wildlife out of an ecosystem increases the number of disease-infested rodents
What’s Killing the Sea Stars?
Scientists inch closer to the cause of the mysterious "sea star wasting syndrome"
Mosquitoes Kill More Humans Than Human Murderers Do
From a human perspective, this makes them the deadliest animal in the world by far
A Fully Vaccinated Woman Contracted And Then Spread the Measles
This is the first time health officials have encountered a Typhoid Mary-like situation for measles
This 3,000-Year-Old Human Skeleton Reveals the Earliest Known Example of Cancer
Skeletal scans of the remains, which were found in Sudan, shows the cancer had spread before the victim died
As Temperatures Rise, Malaria Will Invade Higher Elevations
Malaria is already infiltrating highland areas in Colombia and Ethiopia that were previously protected from the disease by cool mountain temperatures
Camels Have Been Carrying Around a Deadly, Contagious Virus For At Least Twice As Long As Anyone Realized
Over the past twenty years, cases of the MERS virus might have gone undetected in infected humans
A Night in the Forest Capturing Bats
Our intrepid reporter joins tropical bat researchers in the field one night and gains some appreciation for their fangs
Bubonic Plague Family Tree Sheds Light on the Risk of New Outbreaks
The Black Death and the Justinian Plague arose separately from the same pathogen. Could a new strain emerge in the future?
Can Bees Be Trained to Sniff Out Cancer?
A British artist has designed Bee's, a glass diagnostic tool that aims to make screening as simple as breathing into a bowl
Madagascar Is Battling a Bubonic Plague Outbreak
Health officials confirmed this week that at least 20 villagers have now died from plague, which likely originates from infected rats
Baby Mice Can Inherit Fear of Certain Smells From Their Parents
But researchers are far from pinning down the mechanism by which this may be possible, or what specific roles epigenetics plays in human disease
How Humankind Got Ahead of Infectious Disease
With polio on the verge of eradication, a career immunologist explains the medical marvel of vaccination and the pioneers who made it possible
Dreading the Worst When it Comes to Epidemics
A scientist by training, author Philip Alcabes studies the etymology of epidemiology and the cultural fears of worldwide disease
Can Mosquitoes Fight Malaria?
Scientists can build a mosquito that resists infection, but getting the insects to pass along the gene is a harder task
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