Stories by Dina Fine Maron

Dallas County health officials say the patient acquired the virus via sexual contact

Public health officials are not yet ready to say the connection is causal

Exclusive: An interactive map, based on data from 50 state health departments, details how the mosquito-borne disease made its way to America in travelers’ bloodstreams

A Californian is the latest in a string of pregnant women potentially exposed to the tropical virus

Centers for Disease Control issues travel warning due to birth defects linked to the rapidly spreading mosquito-borne disease

Pres. Obama laid out a moon-shot target of knocking out cancer, but cancer is not one disease—it’s many

WHO today gave official word the two-year epidemic that killed more than 11,000 has ended but further flare-ups are likely to occur

A new analysis reveals how mice—and perhaps humans—manipulate the bugs in their GI tracts

With nods to STEM education and climate change, the 2016 State of the Union was light on scientific policy, heavy on rhetoric

A patient in Texas is the most recent of the 20-plus U.S. travelers who have acquired the disease outside the United States

Zika typically causes flulike aches and rash, but the rapidly spreading disease is fueling global worries about tiny-headed infants and brain damage

The mosquito-borne disease afflicts millions, and has had no approved vaccine until now

The official statement, which says work altering human germ lines should remain only in the lab, caps a three-day summit on using technology to alter the human genome

Medicine or meddling? Researchers at a gene-editing summit grapple with the future of genetic enhancement

To combat the bug problem in Los Angeles, insect-control experts are releasing thousands of male mosquitoes infected with a powerful bacterium

The drugs, also known as K2 and spice, are not marijuana at all

Brief exposure to anesthetizing chemicals does not cause future neurological problems large study finds 

Experts are concerned that the illness, which is increasingly linked to a disorder that causes paralysis, may become a problem in the U.S.

From prison time to the intricacies of transporting the prize itself, this award can be rife with complications

Alarming gaps in knowledge about diagnostic errors and medical delays require intense scrutiny, says an expert medical advisory group

The transition to 142,000 new diagnostic and procedure codes from the current 19,000 could significantly alter our understanding of care and how to improve it

A rough draft has been released for an effort to offer better health care tailored to each individual in the era of whole-genome analysis

Sleeplessness, along with abdominal and joint pain are common even months after recovery from the dreaded virus

Lasker Award winner James Allison is enlisting the body’s own defenses to fight tumors