News

  1. Health & Medicine

    Dive suits could spread disease

    Divers' wetsuits can harbor bacteria that cause diseases in coral and people.

    By Christen Brownlee

  2. Hand gels falter

    Alcohol-based gels may not effectively eliminate from people's hands a type of virus that causes millions of cases of diarrhea worldwide each year.

    By Christen Brownlee
  3. Health & Medicine

    For women, weight gain spells heartburn

    A study of more than 10,000 women suggests that weight gain is associated with heartburn.

    By Eric Jaffe

  4. Chimps lead way to HIV birthplace

    A viral analysis confirms that the global AIDS epidemic originated in chimpanzees living in southeastern Cameroon.

    By Eric Jaffe

  5. Zits in tubeworms: Part of growing up

    Young tubeworms pick up the live-in bacteria they need for nutrition in a rite of passage that starts with a skin infection.