contagious diseases

Health
A New SARS-Like Outbreak in China Is Freaking Out the CDC
Passengers coming from Wuhan, China will be screened for a ‘novel coronavirus’ at three major U.S. airports.
Katie Way
1.17.20
Post Mortem
How Bodies Were Buried During History's Worst Epidemics
From the black death to the Spanish flu epidemic to last year's Ebola outbreak, what did people do with all those diseased corpses?
Simon Davis
3.24.15
Health
How Scared Should We Be of the Potentially Deadly Bacteria C. Diff?
A new study says the nasty little guy gives 500,000 people a year a horrible, possibly fatal form of diarrhea.
Mike Pearl
2.27.15

Health
Chill Out, You're Probably Not Going to Die From the Flu
People are freaking out about how this is the worst flu season yet. We asked a few experts whether or not we're really about to relive the movie Contagion.
Arielle Pardes
1.6.15