Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

Federal environmental law enforcement could drop sharply in a second Trump administration. That's the conclusion of a new report from the Environmental Integrity Project. The report finds that EPA ...

People’s trust in media is terrible: bad. Attempts to fix that: good. Now, what the heck are they? Facing the fallout from the presidential election, the rise of fake news, and the stark challenges of ...

With police-wellness challenges spanning continents, Summerville Police Chief Doug Wright found himself thousands of miles from home, standing before officers navigating both war and routine ...