Reports of TB date back to the time of Hippocrates, but the Kansas outbreak shows that the ancient disease is very much a modern-day scourge.

Safe cleanup of rodents and their nesting material and waste is important for preventing illness.

The causes involve more than just habitat loss, but there are steps you can take to help save these delicate creatures

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Join us in urging Congress to extend telehealth services indefinitely through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Currently, funding for telehealth services through the Medicare program wi...

Stunned by her nomination, Oduwole says ‘I did not think people were paying that much attention to what I was doing.’

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

Researchers concluded that a particular case involved a distinct set of 'just right' conditions that allowed the virus to blow onto the chicken farm through the wind.

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The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday, and eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with measles.

NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.

It costs money to maintain the various facilities, utilities and personnel that allow scientists to conduct research in the first place. Without federal support, institutions are left scrambling.

Podcast Episode · On the Media · 02/15/2025 · 50m

Members of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service were warned Friday that many of them were about to be fired

From Trump’s relationships with billionaires to immigration, here are some of the issues and topics our reporters will be keeping an eye on as his second presidency begins.

The Department of Veterans affairs dismissed more than 1,000 employees in order to shrink the size of the federal workforce and save money for resources for health care.

No one enjoys being sick, not even with a common cold -- let alone with a serious flu, stomach bug, or COVID. No one wants to make others sick either. Fortunately, we have tools to fight viruses.