Island advances Galidesivir toward FDA Animal Rule approval with US military research collaboration

Antiviral drug development company Island Pharmaceuticals is closer to advancing Galidesivir toward US Food & Drug ...

In Sierra Leone, a New Maternal Care Center Aims to be a Blueprint

The country has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Isata Dumbuya, a nurse and midwife, has made it her mission to change that.
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Book excerpt: ‘No one’s coming’

Excerpted from “No one’s coming,” by Kevin Hazzard, copyright ©2026 by Kevin Hazzard. Used with permission of Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Available for purchase ...

Huge win as lab named after Dame Deborah James gets £20mil boost to test ‘unconventional’ cancer therapy

DAME Deborah James’ science laboratory will be part of a project awarded £20million by Cancer Research UK to test a new way ...

6 Horrifying Fictional Diseases and Their Real-Life Inspirations

The Ebola virus, Cordyceps fungi, and even the stomach flu have helped inspire some of the most gruesome infectious diseases seen on the screen.

Nanoparticle vaccine approach takes on a new target: Hepatitis C virus

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects an estimated 50 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and remains a leading cause of cirrhosis and liver cancer. While antiviral drugs ...

‘Ground zero’ bat cave rife with eye-bleeding virus sparks ‘pandemic fears’ as tourists and schoolkids visit unprotected

SCHOOL groups and tourists are visiting a bat-filled cave riddled with Marburg virus, previously flagged as having pandemic potential. “Python Cave”, in western Uganda, is home to tens of ...