- July 28, 2008Health
NIH Official: HIV Vaccine Research "Swimming in the Dark"
- NIAID director Anthony Fauci discusses AIDS vaccine
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- January 22, 2020Public Health
Infectious Disease Expert Discusses What We Know about the New Virus in China
- Federal disease agency director Anthony Fauci discusses the novel pathogen that has, so far, sickened hundreds in Asia and one person in the U.S.
- Tanya Lewis
- September 24, 2009
AIDS vaccine surprises scientists, proves partially successful
- In an early-morning announcement today, researchers reported that an experimental HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) vaccine effectively reduced the number of people who contracted the virus by nearly a third...
- Katherine Harmon
- June 7, 2020Behavior
Why Would Anyone Distrust Anthony Fauci?
- It’s because Americans tend to believe in science, but they don’t always think scientists share their values
- John H. Evans and Eszter Hargittai | Opinion
- March 26, 2020Behavior
Anthony Fauci Shows Us the Right Way to Be an Expert
- He’s grounded in humility and humanity; he uses plain language; he admits uncertainties and failings; and he refuses to make the science overtly political
- Gregory E. Kaebnick | Opinion
- March 26, 2020Public Health
For Budding Researchers like Me, COVID-19 Is a Lesson in Science Communication
- The outbreak has made it plain how important it is to explain to the public what we know and what we don’t, clearly and honestly
- Adeline Williams | Opinion
- July 18, 2008
NIH official nixes large HIV vaccine trial
- The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) this week canceled plans for a large clinical trial of an experimental vaccine to combat the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- Nikhil Swaminathan
- May 26, 2020Policy
Robert May (1936–2020) and the Future of Scientific Research
- He was utterly unpretentious, without guile or dissimulation, and candid to the point of tactlessness—qualities in unfortunately short supply today
- Edward Tenner | Opinion
- August 19, 2016Policy
Truth about Zika
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at NIH, discusses what scientists know—and what they don’t—about Zika and its spread...
- February 10, 2009
HIV microbicides that might actually work
- Until now, the news on HIV microbicides—gels, creams and foams applied to the vagina and rectum to prevent transmission of the disease—has been dismal.
- Coco Ballantyne
- August 22, 2016Public Health
Zika Poised for Possible Spread across U.S. Gulf
- Record flooding in Louisiana may promote spread of the virus
- September 1, 2011
Contagion Spreads Truths about Bioterrorism
- NEW YORK—Just as a true outbreak might, the new viral thriller Contagion , opening this weekend, begins unremarkably enough. A simple cough, heard against a black screen.This is no ordinary hack, of course...
- Katherine Harmon
- March 8, 2020Public Health
The Trump Administration’s Misinformation Machine
- Mere lying is one thing; silencing the voices of those who disagree is something far more serious and more dangerous
- Charles Seife | Opinion
- July 10, 2014Health
HIV Detected in “Cured” Mississippi Baby, Creating Huge AIDS Therapy Setback
- The infant was placed back on medication but the clinical trial to replicate virus suppression is still expected to proceed
- Dina Fine Maron
- June 21, 2016Medicine
The U.S. Takes Its First Shot at Zika
- An NIH-backed vaccine is among several heading for human trials, but the timeline for large-scale deployment remains murky
- Dina Fine Maron
- June 5, 2020Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup, May 30–June 5
- Here are pandemic highlights for the week
- Robin Lloyd | Opinion
- September 25, 2014Health
Weaponized Ebola: Is It Really a Bioterror Threat?
- What would it take to hijack the virus in west Africa and turn it into a bioterror agent elsewhere?
- Dina Fine Maron
- March 5, 2021Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup: February 27–March 5
- Pandemic highlights for the week
- Robin Lloyd | Opinion
- December 1, 2008Health
Fact or Fiction?: Circumcision Helps Prevent HIV Infection
- We unpack whether a controversial prevention method works
- August 8, 2013Health
Zapped Malaria Parasite Raises Vaccine Hopes
- The maverick malaria vaccine achieves 100 percent protection using parasites from irradiated mosquitoes
- Declan Butler and Nature magazine