Public Health

Researchers have identified a compound capable of stopping multiple coronaviruses in cell and tissue models.

While treatments are available for HCV-related infections, they are expensive, hard to access, and do not protect against reinfection.

Alba Torrents de la Peña and Lisa Eshun-Wilson

The risk of death from influenza has declined over time, but globally, hundreds of thousands of people still die from the disease each year.

Saloni Dattani and Fiona Spooner | Our World in Data

Some wavelengths of light in a range called far-UVC kill microbes in experiments and appear to be harmless to people.

Chris Baraniuk | Knowable Magazine

A new analysis by the UK Health Security Agency has determined that one shot of a monkeypox vaccine is 78% effective at preventing infection.

Though morning workouts may be optimal for circadian rhythms, afternoon exercise tends to be slightly more efficient.

Ross Pomeroy

Moderna is reportedly nearing a deal with the DoD to develop mRNA vaccines for biological threats like Ebola

Tuberculosis kills over a million people a year. Researchers in Malawi are pushing for a clinical trial that may help change that.

An antibody designed to prevent malaria infection has proven effective in phase 2 trials in Mali.

Pfizer and BioNTech's new mRNA vaccine designed to protect against COVID-19 and the flu has entered human trials.