Live briefing on the suspected pneumonic plague death at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, Russia: 197 contacts, hospital quarantines, official statements vs media reports, rumour check.

Doctors have shown the immune system can be primed to keep the virus in check — a promising advance just as US funding cuts threaten future research.

Super El Niño events greatly increase the likelihood of global climate regime shifts, revealing their amplified impact and risks in a warming world.

In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.

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Mona Khalil, who had refused to leave the beach she had spent years protecting, died from her injuries after the Israeli strike.

CEPI funding will advance vaccine candidates towards clinical trials as quickly as possible.