White Nose Swings at European Bats
A fungus linked to widespread destruction of U.S. bat colonies has been found on a thriving French bat.
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This Just In: More Research Needed
Only more and better data will settle a dispute about the possibility that environmental pollution can cause inheritable disease.
The Edwards Effect?
Life-threatening illnesses can disrupt even the most stable marriages, but new research suggests that men are far more likely to divorce a terminally ill spouse.
Keeping More Species Around May Dilute Disease Threat
A study on hantavirus and Panama rats suggests another and less obvious benefit to biodiversity — it may diminish the threat humans face from zoonotic diseases.
Rats: Just a Bunch of Homebodies
It's called the 'rat race,' but it turns out they're not really going very far.
Yet Another Call to Abandon the Lab Mouse
Horrors! Yet another researcher recommends using animals other than rodents for lab tests.
Raising Awareness About a Silent Killer
A community-based strategy to prevent and treat hepatitis B may reduce its staggeringly high prevalence among Asian Americans.
Attacking Alzheimer’s with a Toke and a Tipple
Red wine and marijuana — but not ginkgo — may help ward off the disease.
Once Eradicated, Measles Cases Spike Upward
The 131 reported measles cases occurring in unvaccinated children in 2008 is the highest year-to-date figure since 1996.
Bioterror in Context, Again
Documents released by the FBI point to a U.S. biodefense scientist as the one responsible for the 2001 anthrax attacks.