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A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response

Viral Load

A Lethal Mystery Illness Spread in Congo. USAID Cuts Have Slowed the Response

Kate Knibbs

Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak

Disease

Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak

Beth Mole, Ars Technica

The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu

Egg Shortage

The US May Start Vaccinating Chickens Against Bird Flu

Emily Mullin

USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working

Outbreak Mistake

USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working

Kate Knibbs

A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC

Infectious Disease

A Deadly Unidentified Disease Has Emerged in the DRC

Marta Musso

DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health

Takeover

DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health

Matt Reynolds

Nearly 100 Measles Cases Have Been Reported in Texas

Infectious Disease

Nearly 100 Measles Cases Have Been Reported in Texas

Javier Carbajal

This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout

USAID Cuts

This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout

David Cox

The Ozempic Shortage Is Over

GLP-1 Revolution

The Ozempic Shortage Is Over

Kate Knibbs and Emily Mullin

Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists

Sick Thoughts

Revenge of the Covid Conspiracy Theorists

Justin Ling

How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water—and Keep It Out

Lasting Solution

How to Get PFAS Out of Drinking Water—and Keep It Out

Chris Baraniuk

Your Love Life on Ozempic

Love Bytes

Your Love Life on Ozempic

Emily Mullin

NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’

deep cut

NIH Funding Cuts Appear to Draw on Heritage Foundation Report That Blasts ‘DEI Staff’

Matt Reynolds and Emily Mullin

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

Support Network

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

Veronique Greenwood

The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk

Public Health

The USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk

Taiwo Hassan

Donald Trump's NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific Journal

science club

Donald Trump's NIH Pick Just Launched a Controversial Scientific Journal

Emily Mullin and Matt Reynolds

RFK Jr.’s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment

Eat Right

RFK Jr.’s Organic Crusade Has Sparked a Weird Political Realignment

Matt Reynolds

The Damage to Federal Medical Research Is Already Done

Critical Hit

The Damage to Federal Medical Research Is Already Done

Talia Barrington

RFK Jr.’s Senate Testimony Is Haunted by His Track Record

Trump Cabinet 2.0

RFK Jr.’s Senate Testimony Is Haunted by His Track Record

Emily Mullin

This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin

Churn of Events

This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin

Beth Mole, Ars Technica