A man in China who, after eating high-carbohydrate or sugary meals, became so intoxicated that he blacked out, has led researchers to discover strains of…
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Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have arrested the former health minister, Oly Ilunga Kalenga, for allegedly mismanaging $4.3 million in Ebola…
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Public health experts are debating how to help the 1 million children in the Philippines who received a new vaccine against dengue that could, in…
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As Zika virus raced through the Americas and the Caribbean in 2015 and 2016, it infected an estimated 800,000 people and left nearly 4000 newborns…
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*Update, 15 August, noon: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved a new drug, pretomanid, to treat highly drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). The drug must…
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Drugs work stunningly well to control HIV—but not in everyone, and not without side effects. That’s why a small cadre of patients known as elite…
Comments closedStory by Jon Cohen; graphics by Nirja Desai. This story introduces Science‘s CRISPR in China series, supported by the Pulitzer Center. For many people, CRISPR plus…
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This story, one in a series, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Since the gene-edited babies known as Lulu and Nana became international news in…
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This story, one in a series, was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On 10 June 2017, a sunny and hot Saturday in Shenzhen, China, two…
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