Passengers Leave Ship Docked Off Japan After Quarantine Ends
Feb 19, 2020 The two-week action failed to stop the spread of the new virus, with the Diamond Princess the site of the most infections outside of China.
Is Coronavirus the First Climate Plague?
Feb 17, 2020 Journalists Bryn Nelson and Jane C. Hu explain why rising temperatures will fuel an increase in both deadly outbreaks and xenophobia.
The Coronavirus Panic Exposes the Pathology of Nationalism
Feb 6, 2020 Solidarity, not alienation born of ignorance, is the solution to the health crisis and the racist response to it.
Cases of New Viral Respiratory Illness Rise Sharply in China
Jan 22, 2020 World health agency weighs global emergency declaration as coronavirus infects more than 400 people, killing at least 17 in Wuhan outbreak.
Infectious Mosquito Population May Double by 2100
Apr 7, 2019 As the world warms, the horizons widen for the risks to health from mosquitoes, putting another billion people in jeopardy.
CDC Sounds the Alarm on How Medicine and Agriculture Are Killing Us
Sep 19, 2013 Drug-resistant bacteria are causing the deaths of at least 23,000 Americans a year, a problem exacerbated by injudicious use of antibiotics in treatment of patients -- and their pervasive use in agriculture.
Porn Industry Drags Its Feet on HIV Probe
Apr 17, 2011 According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. porn industry attempted to block an investigation into the HIV infection of one of its actors, illustrating the dangers in an increasingly unregulated industry.
Massive Malaria Vaccine Trial Begins
Nov 7, 2009 A new vaccine trial is underway in Africa in an attempt to control malaria, a disease that not only kills 1 million people every year, but also makes 300 million seriously sick. If the trial results come back positive, a worldwide vaccine could be available as soon as 2012.
