Category: Articles

Less than a year ago, Zika seemed too trivial for anyone to bother developing countermeasures. The mosquito-borne virus was racing through the Southern Hemisphere, but,…

A new study stirs a longstanding debate and suggests that the way to cure HIV infections may be to make drugs that better reach “sanctuary…

There’s no shortage of places to publish original research papers about pathogens and immunity, but a new peer-reviewed journal on those topics has a unique…

A new report written by a high-profile commission urges the world to learn from the many mistakes made during the Ebola epidemic and revamp how…

Imagine if you knew you were going to have side effects from a vaccine before you got it. It might dissuade you from getting the…

Vaccines that appear scientifically feasible often move through development slowly because they have little commercial potential and thus have trouble attracting serious investments. Just such…

By Jon Cohen and Martin Enserink (Read original article here. Clicking on links in story will take you to Science site.) Since 29 November, not a single new…

HARARE–Every 2 months, a Land Cruiser stuffed with health care workers leaves Harare’s Chidamoyo Hospital early in the morning and drives 90 minutes east across…

CAPE TOWN—The international “Lung Meeting” held here last week was not your grandparents’ tuberculosis (TB) conference. The traditionally staid 46th Union World Conference on Lung…