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How do you fight misinformation around neglected tropical diseases? In this competition, teams of college students across the globe had 24 hours to cook up a cool plan. → Read More
They faced bias against women in science. They faced racism because their families come from Africa. And they triumphed in a competition to develop a problem-solving app! → Read More
Spoiler alert: It's still melting. A new study looks at the impact of rising rainfall. Meanwhile, scientists are more concerned about environmental threats than defrosting pathogens. → Read More
Leaders in the global group Girl Up went to their annual conference — virtually — last week. We interviewed some of the attendees to see what's changed during the coronavirus crisis. → Read More
Leaders in the global group Girl Up went to their annual conference — virtually — last week. We interviewed some of the attendees to see what's changed during the coronavirus crisis. → Read More
The scientists believed that the HVTN-702 vaccine would protect people from infection. But the trial was halted this year. Here's why — and what comes next. → Read More
Infectious disease specialist Glenda Gray spent the last 10 years of her life organizing a clinical trial on HVTN 702, a vaccine she and her team hoped → Read More
The scientists believed that the HVTN-702 vaccine would protect people from infection. But the trial was halted this year. Here's why — and what comes next. → Read More
The authors of a new study say dental health is especially bad in low- and middle-income countries. → Read More
The authors of a new study say dental health is especially bad in low- and middle-income countries — and that Big Sugar works to make sure soda and candy aren't targeted as cavity culprits. → Read More
In the Black Belt—once cleared for cotton plantations—rural black communities suffer the consequences of poor land stewardship. → Read More
Many Christians affirm evolution once researchers leave room for God's role in it. → Read More
A watchdog agency delved into the origins of the booties and bibs in a free box of goodies that the government sends to new moms. → Read More
And once it's there, it moves around. And around. There's a new report on the worm out this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. → Read More
When an Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of Congo this spring, there were all kinds of predictions about how the epidemic would play → Read More
A researcher has used data to create a model to forecast the number of new cases in the weeks ahead. Although he does admit that models have their limits. → Read More
Winners of the Flash Forward competition focus on a beauty pageant for black Brazilians, Somalians coping with drought and transgender fashionistas living under a bridge. → Read More
Earlier this spring, there were scary stories in the Saudi media about Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever. To find out what was really going on, we interviewed a specialist on tick-borne viruses. → Read More
Earlier this spring, Saudi Arabia was put on high alert as the media reported an outbreak of Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever. Goats and Soda jumped to cover the → Read More
Earlier this spring, Saudi Arabia was put on high alert as the media reported an outbreak of Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever. Goats and Soda jumped to cover the → Read More