Watch: Why do some viruses spread more widely than others?
As public health officials try to gauge the threat posed by a new virus that…
Category: global health
It’s been sequenced. It’s spread across borders. Now the new pneumonia-causing virus needs a name
Ebola, SARS, swine flu, MERS. With the reality that a previously unknown animal virus has…
WHO postpones decision on whether to declare China outbreak a global public health emergency
The World Health Organization on Wednesday delayed a decision on whether to declare the ongoing…
Trump: Despite U.S. case, China virus is ‘under control’
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday downplayed concerns surrounding an infectious disease outbreak in China…
Opinion: Former CDC director Tom Frieden on 3 key questions about the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China
There may or may not always be something new out of Africa, as the saying…
Opinion: A former CDC director on 3 key questions about the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China
There may or may not always be something new out of Africa, as the saying…
STAT Plus: A Q&A with Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann
Sue Desmond-Hellmann has some experience when it comes to health care. She began her career…
U.S. to begin health screenings at three airports for cases of novel Chinese virus
U.S. authorities on Friday are set to begin screening travelers arriving in the country from…
Chinese health officials can’t rule out person-to-person spread of new virus
BEIJING — The possibility that a new virus in central China could spread between humans…
Woman with novel pneumonia virus hospitalized in Thailand — the first case outside China
Health authorities on Monday identified a pneumonia case caused by a previously unknown virus in…
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First death from Wuhan pneumonia outbreak reported as scientists release DNA sequence of virus
Health authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Saturday reported the first death from…
Cause of Wuhan’s mysterious pneumonia cases still unknown, Chinese officials say
The cause of mysterious pneumonia cases in the Chinese city of Wuhan remains unknown, health…
Experts search for answers in limited information about mystery pneumonia outbreak in China
The mysterious and growing cluster of unexplained pneumonia cases in the Chinese city of Wuhan…
Delivering the TB vaccine by IV better protects monkeys, new study finds
A new study suggests that a simple tweak could make a century-old vaccine for tuberculosis…
What will 2020 bring for medicine and science? We asked 16 leaders for predictions
Last year, when we asked science and health care soothsayers to peak ahead to 2019,…
Gates Foundation CEO Susan Desmond-Hellmann to step down
Sue Desmond-Hellmannn is stepping down as CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the…
Opinion: U.S. continues to lead the fight against antibiotic resistance
One of the greatest threats to public health today, in the United States and around…
Four Ebola-response workers killed in attacks, forcing withdrawal from critical DRC region
Four people working for the Ebola containment effort in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Two Ebola treatments yield ‘substantial decrease’ in mortality, landmark trial shows
Final data from a landmark clinical trial of four Ebola therapies conducted in the current…