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Aedes aegypti, the dengue fever spreading mosquito. [Credit: Panacea Biotech].
Aedes aegypti, the dengue fever spreading mosquito. [Credit: Panacea Biotech].

Dengue fever warming up to human habits

Urbanization and climate change expand the disease’s comfort zone.

By Peter Sergo, August 10th, 2007

Got Flu?

Some Experts are Betting on it

By Jeremy Hsu, May 23rd, 2007

Does an organic label mean anything?

- asks Susan from Brooklyn

By Rachele Cooper, May 15th, 2007

Blue is rallying for green

Organizers prepare for the first National Day of Climate Action.

By Emily V. Driscoll, April 11th, 2007

Pills For Your Ills, But Not The Ones You Think

The risks and benefits of prescribing off-label drugs.

By Rachele Cooper, March 28th, 2007

Mis-Treating Our Veterans

Veterans Affairs’ clinicians are untrained in the most effective form of treating post traumatic stress disorder.

By Joshua J Romero, February 28th, 2007

Concerns Still Swirling Around New Passports

Experts continue to debate the merits of putting radio frequency chips in American passports.

By Molly Webster, February 7th, 2007

Are Polar Bears Victims of the New Cold War?

Climate change may be affecting the bears’ habitat.

By Emily V. Driscoll, February 5th, 2007

No Rest for the Young and Weary

A New York psychologist sheds light on the realities of terminal illness in American children.

By Erica Westly, January 22nd, 2007

Ending Disease Before Conception

A pioneer of genetic screening discusses his early successes and the future of the field.

By Ben Leach, January 11th, 2007

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