Hospital-acquired infection reporting: ‘health care’s dirty little secret’
When a hospitalized patient shows signs of a dangerous, potentially deadly infection, you’d expect clinicians to move quickly:…
Ebola has broken out in the DRC amid U.S. global health retreat
On Aug. 20, in Bulape, a small town in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasaï province, a 34-year-old…
Vaccine critics overlook why newborn hepatitis B shots are routine
It was the late 1980s and the American plan to combat hepatitis B wasn’t working. A vaccine had…
Climate Change Is Bringing Legionnaire’s Disease to a Town Near You
This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Air conditioners have been…
Lack of public trust led to cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts
The head of the National Institutes of Health has offered a new explanation for why the federal government…
HHS cites scientific justification for canceling mRNA vaccine work
WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are citing an extensive list of studies purported to document harms caused by…
The First Widespread Cure for HIV Could Be in Children
For years, Philip Goulder has been obsessed with a particularly captivating idea: In the hunt for an HIV…
H5N1 bird flu hasn’t been as deadly as feared. Study offers theory why
The H5N1 bird flu virus has historically extracted a heavy toll when it infects humans, with nearly half…
Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?
The US is experiencing its worst year for measles in over three decades, with more than 1,300 cases…
Danish study debunks danger of aluminum in vaccines
When anti-vaccine activists and others argue that the immunizations used to protect children from infectious diseases are risky,…