The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Sunday announced a $1.2 billion commitment to aid an effort to eliminate polio worldwide. The disease is endemic in Pakistan and Afghanistan and… Read More
A fresh analysis of the numbers behind the coronavirus outbreak suggests that it’s reached the point where more intensive testing and social distancing will help far more than bans on… Read More
The man being treated for what was initially the first known case of coronavirus in the United States is being cared for in a specially designed room at Providence Regional… Read More
Although Steve Pergam grew up with parents who were both physicians, he was never pushed to be a doctor as a kid growing up in Omaha, Neb. He credits a… Read More
Bill Gates is once again enlisting the help of his blog followers in his effort to do some philanthropic good. In a new post on Gates Notes titled “Mosquito Wars,”… Read More
BOSTON – Microsoft’s robotic mosquito trap is so smart it can tell one insect species from another – and that’s good news for scientists fighting the Zika virus, dengue fever and… Read More
Researchers from the University of Washington and elsewhere say they can forecast the rise and fall of dengue fever outbreaks as much as three weeks in advance by analyzing the patterns of… Read More