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vaccination

RFK Jr.’s presidential ambitions may have fallen short, but his anti-vax beliefs are winning in many statehouses

By Matt Field | Special Topics

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice.

Another state tries to weaken school vaccine rules

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

A nurse prepares a measles vaccine. Cases of the disease increased by 30 percent globally from 2016 to 2017. (Photo credit: Pete Lewis / Department for International Development)

Florida’s top doctor knows how measles is contained but sends unvaccinated kids to school during a measles outbreak, anyway

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

california condor

The condor was saved from extinction. Avian flu threatens to undo that work

By Rene Ebersole | Biosecurity

A polio victim.

Polio is back in the United States. How did that happen?

By Matt Field | Analysis, Biosecurity

artist's rendition of polio

Polio is back. Here’s what to do about it.

By Kathleen E. Bachynski | Opinion, Science Denial

An online pandemic: disinformation targeted at Black communities

By Angela R. Pashayan | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

The layered, Swiss cheese model for mitigating online misinformation

By Leticia Bode, Emily Vraga | Disruptive Technologies