Viruses
How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Helped Advance Women’s Rights
While the virus disproportionately affected young men, women stepped into public roles that hadn't previously been open to them
Can Virus Hunters Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Happens?
A global project is looking to animals to map the world's disease hotspots. Are they going about it the right way?
Can Social Media Help Us Spot Vaccine Scares and Predict Outbreaks?
Tracking public sentiment toward vaccines could allow public health officials to identify and target areas of heightened disease risk
NIH Lifts Ban on Funding High-Risk Virus Research
Manipulating viruses could help prepare the U.S. for future pandemics, but it could also risk starting the next outbreak
When the Next Pandemic Hits, Will We Be Prepared?
The question isn’t whether a pandemic will strike—it’s how it will play out.
The United States Is Not Ready for Another Flu Pandemic
You might think that today, if a pandemic like the 1918 flu hit, we'd be ready for it. You'd be wrong
Why Did the 1918 Flu Kill So Many Otherwise Healthy Young Adults?
Uncovering a World War I veteran's story provided a genealogist and pharmacologist with some clues
EPA Approves Use of Lab-Grown Mosquitoes in the Battle Against Disease
The bacterium-infected mosquitoes will be released in 20 states and D.C. to curb growing mosquito populations
How to Stop a Lethal Virus
With tens of millions of lives at stake, medical researchers are racing to create a revolutionary flu vaccine before the next devastating epidemic
How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America
The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States
Why Did So Few Novels Tackle the 1918 Pandemic?
Surprisingly few U.S. writers touched by the 1918 pandemic wrote about it. But flu lit appears more popular today than ever
Is China Ground Zero for a Future Pandemic?
Hundreds there have already died of a new bird flu, putting world health authorities on high alert
Ten Famous People Who Survived the 1918 Flu
The notables who recovered from the pandemic included a pioneer of American animation, world-famous artists and two U.S. presidents
What's In Your Flu Shot?
An influenza expert at Johns Hopkins University explains how the cocktail for this year's flu vaccine was developed
Oysters Can Get Herpes, And It's Killing Them
A deadly virus threatens to decimate oyster populations around the world
How Zika Virus Could Be Used to Fight Brain Cancer
The same properties that make Zika virus devastating to fetal brains could be turned against cancer cells
"VirusCam" Can Watch Individual Viruses to (Someday) Keep You From Getting Sick
Viruses are tiny and hard to see, but a new microscope can track them individually to try to better prevent disease
This Was the First Major News Article on HIV/AIDS
The epidemic’s early days were perplexing and terrifying
Ebola Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo
A single death has been confirmed—now public health officials must keep an outbreak from becoming an epidemic
How a Soap Opera Virus Felled Hundreds of Students in Portugal
The “Strawberries With Sugar” outbreak is just one example of mass hysteria, which goes back centuries
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