Health and Medicine How can we keep the world free of measles? Scientists create mathematical models to study how well different vaccination programs do at preventing measles.
Health and Medicine How can we keep kids from dying from diarrhea? Shigellosis is a disease which kills more than half a million people every year. Scientists wanted to test the reliability of current Shigella diagnostics methods in Africa.
Health and Medicine How to prevent rabies in India? Researchers wanted to know if dog vaccination is a cost-effective approach toward the prevention of human rabies.
Biodiversity and Conservation What can bat migration patterns tell us about Ebola epidemics? Scientists look for the connection between bats’ migration and Ebola disease outbreaks.
Health and Medicine What if you share a drink with a bat? Researchers figured out how some people in Bangladesh contracted the deadly Nipah virus.
Health and Medicine What does war have to do with malaria? Scientists examined patients for malaria in a region with war refugees.