Stories by Amy Maxmen

Open repository will give free access to more than 160 million data points with details about individual infections

The coronavirus pandemic, climate change and space exploration are among the issues that Biden will influence if he wins the upcoming U.S. election

Political meddling, disorganization and years of neglect of public-health data management mean the country is flying blind

The scenarios foresaw leaky travel bans, a scramble for vaccines and disputes between state and federal leaders, but none could anticipate the current levels of dysfunction in the U.S.

The epidemic killed more than 2,000 people—but involved the first widespread use of a vaccine against the virus

As President Trump terminates the U.S.’s relationship with the agency, experts foresee incoherence, inefficiency and a resurgence of deadly diseases

An online survey reveals bottlenecks, challenges and barriers faced by more than 1,700 biology labs

The lack of a national strategy has stymied the efforts of academic labs that underwent huge efforts to retool for COVID-19 testing

New York City researchers hope antibody-rich plasma can keep people out of intensive care

The three-drug regimen cures 90 percent of people who have the deadliest form of the disease

People who receive either therapy soon after infection have a 90 percent survival rate, a clinical trial finds

Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has interrupted clinical trials and forced scientists to change how they immunize people

The World Health Organization’s action could increase the resources available to fight a year-old outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Maurice Kakule Mutsunga has started a motorcycle ambulance service and is working to dispel rumors about the virus

Nature’s Amy Maxmen reports from the front line of the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Understanding why living on the street seems to cause rapid aging could help homeless people—and governments

The vaccine is up to 40 percent effective at preventing malaria in young children

Surging conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is hampering efforts to stamp out the virus

Little-studied ethnic groups are helping researchers to understand the movements of people who lived on the continent tens of thousands of years ago

Health workers must plan vaccination effort amidst fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Funding for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health would hold steady after Congress agrees to lift spending caps, but details are fuzzy

Researchers make plans to modify studies and prioritize public health as city reservoirs run dry

Researchers are finally figuring out the purpose behind some genome sequences that are nearly identical across vertebrates

Inflammatory response tweaks may enable the embryo to implant in the uterus