Even before uttering their first words, babies master the grammar basics of their mother tongue. Thus eight-month-old French infants can…
Gold nanoparticles uncover amyloid fibrils
Scientists have developed powerful tools to unmask the diversity of amyloid fibrils, which are associated with Alzheimer’s disease and other…
SARS-CoV-2 Infection among Travelers Returning from Wuhan, China
To the Editor: As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections (causing coronavirus disease 2019 [Covid-19]) spread globally, uncertainty…
Detection of Covid-19 in Children in Early January 2020 in Wuhan, China
To the Editor: A small number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have been described in children, and our…
History in a Crisis — Lessons for Covid-19
Writing in the heady days of new antibiotics and immunizations, esteemed microbiologists Macfarlane Burnet and David White predicted in 1972…
Gorillas display territorial behavior
Scientists have discovered that gorillas really are territorial — and their behavior is very similar to our own.
Study details first known person-to-person transmission of new coronavirus in U.S.
New research describes in detail the first locally-transmitted case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes COVID-19,…
Consequences of Undervaccination — Measles Outbreak, New York City, 2018–2019
Before licensure of the first measles vaccine in 1963, approximately 500,000 cases of measles and 500 measles-related deaths were reported…
Journey of a Thai Taxi Driver and Novel Coronavirus
To the Editor: The potential human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been shown in multiple reports, including data…
A Locally Transmitted Case of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Taiwan
To the Editor: Since December 2019, an outbreak of infection with the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has developed in Wuhan, China,…