The first known incidents of the Ebola virus were in 1976. There were two simultaneous outbreaks in Nzara in Sudan and Yambuku in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). The name of the Ebola river near Yambuku was given to the new epidemic.

Outbreaks have mainly occured in remote villages ...

Brazil says thousands of babies have been born with abnormally small heads --- since October. The health system is struggling to cope with the outbreak linked to the Zika virus - which is spread by mosquitoes. The rare brain defect affects the babies' physical and mental development. The disease has...

On Memorial Day 2015, three children were hurt when a waterspout came ashore and lifted bounce house 50 feet high at Fort Lauderdale Beach. The bounce house was lifted off the beach and into the air, injuring three terrified children who fell out and onto the sand. There was no indication a waterspo...

The new music video is a tribute to those working on the frontlines during the current global health crisis, and showcases clips of Streisand interspersed with photos of the workers. Streisand first released the song on her album Higher Ground in 1997. She later performed the song in a surprise appe...

"Science Never Goes Out of Style." This Taylor Swift Anthem from the ASAP Science GuysGreg and Mitch, the guys behind our favorite dry erase board science animations, have heard that you've been out and about making fun of nerds. So, taking a clue from Pentatonix this week, they've put on their la...

Now that the Apple Watch has been released, wearables are indisputably mainstream. But one of the designers at the heart of the wearable tech revolution thinks it is time to refocus on something more fundamental — the human wearing them. NewDealDesign's Gadi Amit, the designer behind Fitbit, the Goo

Margaret Heckler was President Reagan's secretary of health and human services from March 1983 to December 1985. Here she says AIDS was her number one priority, but that she had to balance her department's response against the Reagan administration's fiscal priorities. Heckler maintains that preexis...

If two hands can make a piano sing, imagine the creative symphony of a dozen charismatic pianists. The international conference "TEDMED 2013: The Future of Health and Medicine is Here" took place on April 2013 at the John Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. The broad mix of di...

Researchers at Newcastle University have been able to 3D-print a biocompatible corneal framework using a new gel formulations that “keeps the stem cells alive whilst producing a material which is stiff enough to hold its shape but soft enough to be squeezed out the nozzle of a 3D printer.” There is

New York City - Community of Lights, LLC (COFL) received two Honorable Mentions as a finalist in the Awareness Campaign: Health Initiatives; and, Human Rights Campaign Categories for the on going multimedia campaign "Tapestry: The Faces of AIDS" produced and developed in collaboration with the World...