Public Health
Four “Generations” of Spread Seen with Virus in China, Alarming Experts
Evidence suggests at least one Chinese patient ignited a chain of human-to-human transmission
STAT
Public Health
WHO Declines to Declare Coronavirus Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
The agency’s director-general said it is an emergency in China, but not yet globally
Public Health
WHO Calls for Emergency Meeting on New Virus in China as Cases Spread to Health Care Workers
The new coronavirus has sickened people in several countries, and there has been at least one confirmed case of human-to-human transmission
Fitness
People’s Body Systems Age at Different Rates
Individuals have an “ageotype” that’s specific to one organ system, which could be targeted in order to extend healthy life
Public Health
WHO Says Mysterious Illness in China Likely Being Caused by New Virus
The virus behind an outbreak that has sickened at least 59 people in Wuhan is thought to be a type of coronavirus, the family that includes SARS and MERS
Public Health
Cause of Wuhan’s Mysterious Pneumonia Cases Still Unknown, Chinese Officials Say
The virus has sickened 59 people so far but does not appear to be transmitting among humans
Biotech
Google AI Tool Can Pinpoint Breast Cancer Better Than Clinicians
The software detected cancers at higher rates than radiologists, with fewer false positives
Medicine
CRISPR Babies Scientist Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
A Chinese Court jailed He Jiankui for an “illegal medical practice” in editing embryos’ DNA
Medicine
FDA Approves an Ebola Vaccine For the First Time
The first to be approved in the United States, the vaccine protects against the virus responsible for the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Cognition
What Mice Watching Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil Can Teach Scientists about Vision
The findings challenge textbook ideas about how visual cortex cells process imagery
