Stories by Amy Maxmen

False reports and a lack of health care complicate Sierra Leone’s attempt to round up Ebola-positive individuals

When I stepped into the schoolhouse, I instinctively tucked my camera back inside its case. Health workers had taken over its one room for the day, and a ritualistic exchange of greetings gave way to tense silence.

We’re driving on a dirt road and my interpreter, one of the friendliest guys I’ve ever met, is absorbed in a conversation with a health worker in our group.

New sequencing data challenges prior thinking that sponges were the most ancient animals in evolutionary history

A fast-growing salmon moves closer to approval after a fishy delay

The largest animal group might need revising after priapulid worm discovery

The virus's evolving virulence is being tracked via samples taken from dead crows and blue jays

A new study signifies the beginning of the end of psychiatrists' guess-work in figuring out which antidepressants work best for individual patients

A new monkey study suggests that genetics and healthy diets might matter more for longevity than consuming a very-low-calorie diet

Changes in the gut microbiome from low-dose antibiotics caused mice to gain weight. Similar alterations in humans taking antibiotics, especially children, might be adding to the obesity epidemic

Some researchers fear that the combined pill's use in healthy people might have unacceptable side effects and spark the emergence of resistant viruses

Fossil suggests evolutionary order requires revision