Zika Bill Is Blocked by Senate Democrats Upset Over Provisions
Democrats charged that Republicans had sabotaged the bill by adding provisions to restrict the role of Planned Parenthood in providing contraceptive services.
View ArticleRabies Test Strips Are Found to Be Unsatisfactory
Diagnostic strips made by six companies “cannot be recommended” because of high false-negative rates, according to scientists in Germany.
View ArticleSex May Spread Zika Virus More Often Than Researchers Suspected
It’s not just mosquitoes: Two reports suggest that women in South America, especially of childbearing age, are likelier to be infected than men.
View ArticleResearchers Try Grindr App to Give Out H.I.V. Self-Testing Kits
The initial study was confined to Los Angeles, but the idea is considered “ripe for expansion” to other cities and even overseas.
View ArticleHotlines Faster Than Hospitals in Pinpointing Dengue, Study Says
Calls to public health hotlines in Pakistan confirmed outbreaks two or three weeks earlier, according to a new study.
View ArticleZika Data From the Lab, and Right to the Web
A primate lab’s free sharing of information, contrary to the norm of saving data for publication, may lead to a model for responding to epidemics.
View ArticleAdults Have Become Shorter in Many Countries
Average heights appear to have peaked 30 to 40 years ago and have declined slightly since then, according to results compiled from 1,472 studies.
View Article4 Zika Cases in Florida Were Likely Spread by Local Mosquitoes, C.D.C. Says
The cases, involving Miami-Dade County, represent the first documented instances of local transmission by bug bite for the mainland United States.
View ArticleZika Cases in Puerto Rico Are Skyrocketing
Thousands of islanders — and up to 50 pregnant women — are getting infected every day with the mosquito-borne virus.
View ArticleCover Lets Household Drills Be Used in Surgery
The Grand Challenges of Canada program has chosen to support financially a drill cover that helps surgeons in low-budget hospitals.
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