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Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screwworm fly, or screwworm for short, is a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in which its larvae (maggots) eat the living tissue. (Getty Images / Ramdan Fatoni)

The US could get screwed on screwworm

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A dedicated female nurse supports a young autistic boy using sensory toys to enhance motor abilities. (Getty Images / Dusan Stankovic)

A misguided search for a cause of autism

Megan Roberts
MMR vaccine. (SERGII IAREMENKO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images)

Getting 2025's vaccine schedule right

Sue Peschin
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The problem of RFK's phony autism pledge

Amanda Marcotte
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after being sworn in as Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Oval Office at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kennedy, who faced criticism for his past comments on vaccine, was confirmed by the Senate 52 to 48. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

How public health can survive RFK Jr.

Troy Farah
A rooster is held in a cage on a farm on January 23, 2023 in Austin, Texas. The poultry industry as well as private flocks are suffering a health crisis as the bird flu continues to spread across the United States. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Factory farming's ticking time bomb

Michael Windsor
Donald Trump silhouette over COVID-19 spores (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s cruel calculus on public health

Claire Zagorski, Chad Sabora
Displaced Palestinians walk outside the destroyed Islamic University in Gaza City, on March 25, 2025. Israel vows to destroy the Palestinian militant group Hamas and resumes intense bombardment of Gaza on March 18, redeploying ground troops and shattering a truce that has largely held since January 19. (Photo by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Palestinian ingenuity in a war zone

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A dose of measles vaccine is seen at the Miami Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

CDC buried pro-vaccine measles forecast

Patricia Callahan - ProPublica
Doctor with Oropouche virus positive blood sample. (Fania Witardiana / Getty Images)

Doctors raise alarm about “sloth fever"

Troy Farah
Stony Brook, N.Y.: A digital sign directs people to the drive-through coronavirus testing area which began on the main campus of Stony Brook University on March 18, 2020. Those wishing to be tested must first make an appointment. (Photo by John Paraskevas/Newsday RM vis Getty Images)

The lessons we didn't learn from COVID

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Girl with measles on their body (Getty Images/StockPlanets)

You don't want to throw a measles party

Carlyn Zwarenstein
A NHS vaccinator prepares to administer the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to a member of public at a vaccination centre in London. (Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

New COVID study fuels vaccine attacks

Elizabeth Hlavinka
A group of mothers and children receive free milk from a Health Station on Madison Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, circa 1925. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Where did U.S. public health go wrong?

Eric Coles - Undark
A pharmacist packs HIV self-test kits at a community center operated by LoveYourself, a nonprofit impacted by the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid, on February 19, 2025 in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

HIV/AIDS treatment needs federal support

Jesse Milan, Stephen Lee
Doctors examine an x-ray of a patient who has tuberculosis (Najlah Feanny/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why we're still fighting tuberculosis

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Cows at the Cornell Teaching Dairy Barn at Cornell University, and a member of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Migrants on the front lines of bird flu

Carlyn Zwarenstein
52 Vietnamese orphans arrive in a World Airways plane at Oakland Airport as part of Operation Babylift, on April 2, 1975. (Jerry Telfer/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Here's what US foreign aid can do

Paul Rosenberg
Rescued chickens gather in an aviary at Farm Sanctuary’s Southern California Sanctuary on October 5, 2022 in Acton, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Your questions about bird flu answered

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The GOP leans into its pro-plague era

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump VS Scientific Data (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The rush to preserve data Trump deleted

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Donald Trump and the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO). (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Withdrawing from WHO puts US at risk

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Donald Trump and chickens confined to their hen house (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Bird flu info frozen amidst Trump chaos

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will Trump go after harm reduction?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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