Health Archive

Characterizing Ebola as a national threat is part of a trend toward the “securitization of disease.”

The road to market is a long, brutish, and lined with failure.

“We cannot fool ourselves into thinking that the vast moat of the Atlantic Ocean will keep the flames away from our shores.”

2 minutes on the reasons behind this unprecedented Ebola epidemic.

Here’s what science and common sense say about the contentious raw milk debate.

A new PBS Nova documentary about vaccines airs this week

This poison surprise is actually good news. Here’s why.

The country’s program was a bigger success than expected.

The departure comes after safety issues at more than one federal agency.

HBO’s series ends its first season tonight. Its unrelenting bleakness has made it controversial — and one of TV’s best shows, for those who can get on its wavelength.

Researchers have modeled the risk of Ebola spread beyond West Africa. Here’s what they found and why Obama is calling Ebola a “national security priority.”

Rick Sacra spent most of his career working as a medical missionary in Liberia, where he contracted the virus.

The current outbreak in West Africa is rewriting the Ebola rulebook, and leaving behind lessons for future outbreaks along with a record death toll.