Infectious/emerging diseases
A month worth of cool science stories, summed up.
This month’s pictures feature coronavirus preparations, a robot that catches jellyfish, and a calm cat.
What does the science say about the safety of America’s chicken farming practice?
The disease disappeared, but Anne Boleyn's ghost still walks the bloody tower.
Unvaccinated children who contracted the illness lost their immunity to many other infections.
When the bloodsucking insects eat sugar, they express more of a specific protein that can curb their attraction to humans.
A month's worth of cool science stories summed up.
Some male animals may evolve weak immune responses so they can give their mates diseases.
The discovery of a gene that helps female mosquitoes make healthy eggs could lead to a new way to fight the disease-spreading insects.
Polio peaks in the summer, measles during the school year, and chickenpox in the spring.
Dogs successfully detected malaria parasites in infected children by sniffing their socks.
Yes, a hospital superbug may be growing more tolerant to alcohol exposure -- but alcohol-based hand rubs still save millions of lives a year.