
Ebola vaccines exist, but not for the strain in the current outbreak
A decade after Ebola vaccines changed outbreak response, a new epidemic in central Africa is caused by a strain the world never fully prepared for

Ebola vaccines exist, but not for the strain in the current outbreak
A decade after Ebola vaccines changed outbreak response, a new epidemic in central Africa is caused by a strain the world never fully prepared for

The Colorado Avalanche is dominating the NHL. The reason could lie in a quirk of geography
Denver’s hockey team is studded with stars, but training and playing the game some 5,000 feet above sea level may give their athletic performance a boost over that of their rivals


What it’s like being stuck in a hantavirus quarantine for six weeks
Scientific American spoke to one of the people who are currently being monitored for possible hantavirus infection at the National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska

Scientists race to develop Ebola drugs as outbreak surges
Clinical trials for treatments against Ebola Bundibugyo virus are ‘in a strong position’ to be launched quickly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

Keep muscle while losing weight, even on Ozempic
Ozempic and just getting older take off muscle. New therapies could retain it

U.S. bans travel from three African countries as Ebola outbreak spreads
At least six Americans are believed to have been exposed to the Ebola virus, and one person who appears to have contracted the virus has been evacuated to Germany

Inside the race to develop a hantavirus PCR test
Researchers at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory worked round the clock to develop a test for the Andes virus at the center of the deadly cruise ship outbreak

The world is more at risk of a pandemic now than before COVID, experts say. This is why
As world health leaders face deadly outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola, a major pandemic preparedness report finds we are less safe from viral outbreaks than before COVID

Trump administration ousts top NIH infectious disease leaders
Eight of the top 10 officials at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have now been pushed out since President Donald Trump took office

Four ways marijuana rewires the teenage brain
A growing body of research suggests cannabis poses risks to the developing brain

Hantavirus outbreak has new updates, PCOS is now PMOS, fish hides in another animal’s ‘butthole’
What you should know about hantavirus, why PCOS is getting a new name, and how some fish hide in an unusual spot

Hantavirus can persist in semen for years, but that doesn’t mean it stays contagious
Researchers know very little about how long the Andes version of the hantavirus can remain in human hosts