Discover which Ebola treatments are proven effective, how supportive care saves lives, and why early care matters.

Landing humans on Mars could teach us whether life ever existed beyond Earth, how planets change over time, and how humans can live on other worlds. By studying Mars up close, astronauts could answer ...

As summer approaches, infectious diseases such as H5N1 — commonly known as bird flu — can spread more easily and potentially ...

Ebola spreads through direct contact with the body fluids of a symptomatic person or with contaminated clothing or other materials. Ebola virus is in saliva and other body fluids but has not been ...

No. The currently approved Ebola vaccine used for outbreak response is called Ervebo. Ervebo protects against one species of Ebola virus, called Zaire ebolavirus. It has not been proven to protect ...

As demands on the nation’s deeply interconnected energy and water systems grow, potential disruptions can have far-reaching ...

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a study to review the state of scientific evidence in nutrition and toxicology of associations between seafood intake and ...

An expert committee under the Board on Higher Education and Workforce and the Science and Technology for Sustainability Program conducted a series of public workshops focused on strengthening ...

Scientists and science teachers agree that science is a way of explaining the natural world. In common parlance, science is both a set of practices and the historical accumulation of knowledge. An ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

The committee will study methods to estimate and/or monitor highway stormwater pollutant transport (including sources and loads), total maximum daily load compliance strategies, and communication of ...