Inside the race to eliminate one of nature’s biggest threats.

Some teachers and students got sick. Principals had to improvise constantly. But it worked—mostly.

The rare Chilean soapbark tree produces compounds that can boost the body’s reaction to vaccines.

If something isn’t done now, antibiotic-resistant bacteria could kill as many as 10 million people a year by 2050.

Inside the National Quarantine Center, there Is no fear of Coronavirus.

Anatomy of an outbreak.

How a disease came back.

On plagues, parasitic mind control, and magical thinking.

Burt Dorman says that the scientific mainstream missed the chance to wipe out AIDS and save the lives of 35 million people. Now he wants another try.

There are just a handful of people using iron lungs in the U.S. And the machines they rely on to live are wearing out.

In the throes of an epidemic, researchers investigate how to inoculate against the disease.