Recent studies implicate the immune system and a herpes virus as potential contributors to development of the disease.

The CDC is piloting a disease forecasting service called Insight Net. Could it be a game-changer for public health?

Experiments that make viruses more virulent or contagious present significant risks. Are those risks worth the rewards?

Brooke Borel: So Tom originally came to me with this idea for this podcast to dig into scientific controversies in a ...

From pathogen research to geoengineering and AI, consequential science is accelerating. Whose hands are on the wheel?

Farmers and health experts say it’s complicated. RFK Jr.’s milk adviser, Mark McAfee, says he’s up for the challenge.

William C. Thompson does not ordinarily hunt for bugs, and his scrutiny of a type of computational algorithm that analyze DNA started out innocently enough. Investigators used software in a case from ...

Do cell phones and 5G cause cancer? It’s a question that has plagued Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and if Kennedy is confirmed as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, it’s one he will ...