19 November 2020
The 11th outbreak of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has ended after six months. Ultracold devices for vaccine distribution played a key role, and could help with the coronavirus pandemic
5 February 2020
For those of us who turn to science for answers, our lack of knowledge about the Wuhan coronavirus is unsettling, but it doesn't mean we are helpless to fight it
2 May 2019
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the second deadliest ever, and has proven difficult to contain because of violent attacks in the region
4 April 2018
A new book's ambitious plan to spot and stop global epidemics is easier said than done unless governments show willing and fund a real scheme to do just that
7 August 2017
Diagnostic testing is helping to fight the rise of drug-resistant malaria with an unfortunate side effect – it’s making more people take unnecessary antibiotics
16 May 2017
Three deaths and 19 suspected cases of Ebola in the DR Congo have health officials worried – but the chances of another deadly rampage are thankfully slim
10 May 2017
Experience in Nagasaki, Chernobyl and Fukushima has taught Shunichi Yamashita that anxiety and disruption can hurt people far worse than radiation itself
