Category: Science

BOSTON–A   new study pinpoints with greater precision than ever before when and where HIV entered the United States and sparked North America’s AIDS epidemic.…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—If there’s a war on science, it’s not just one war. And branding people who disagree with you about vaccines, climate change, or genetically…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—“I’m not a doctor,” Brian Malow announced at a standing-room only session in Washington, D.C., today at the annual meeting of AAAS (which publishes Science). “But…

U.S. President Barack Obama today announced that his administration plans to ask Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to beef up preparations…

On 18 April 1947, a rhesus monkey that researchers identified as 766 ran a fever of 39.7°C, about 2°C higher than normal. The monkey was…

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…