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Lehman Hall Harvard University 2016 mumps

In the Lab By Rebecca Ostriker and Deirdre Fernandes — The Boston Globe

Real estate developer reneges on multimillion-dollar pledge to Harvard-led Covid project

Moderna syringes Texas

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

At Davos, a ‘good news, bad news’ message emerges about Covid-19

First Opinion By Hillary Omala and Eddah Ogogo

Fighting Covid-19 in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest informal settlements

box of N95 masks

Health By Mike Stobbe — Associated Press

CDC encourages more Americans to consider N95 masks

Shkreli

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Martin Shkreli is ordered to pay $64 million and is banned from the pharma industry for life

First Opinion By Jason Silverstein

Eliminating the FDA’s blood donation ban on men who have sex with men would help ease the U.S. shortage

Pharmalot Coming/Going STILL

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Senate committee advances Califf FDA nomination; bedraggled Biogen writes a shopping list

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Wolbachia mosquitoes

Health By Andrew Joseph

Ambitious experiment plans to release bacteria-bearing mosquitoes at large scale

Signal: Gene Drive

Signal Podcast By Meg Tirrell and Luke Timmerman

Listen: Episode 17: Gene-editing might eradicate disease — or be Pandora’s box in a bottle

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Mosquito Vertical Transmission

Health By Taylyn Harmon

Vaccines, virulence, and prevention: A STAT reporter talks Zika

Zika Miami Beach

Health By Andrew Joseph

Zika-infected mosquitoes found in Miami Beach

Mosquito Vertical Transmission

In the Lab By Helen Branswell

Mosquitoes carrying Zika can hand down virus to offspring, study shows

Brazil Zika Virus

Health By Helen Branswell

Genetically modified mosquitoes have wide support among Florida residents

Bug spray Miami

Health By Associated Press

Miami students in Zika zone can’t bring repellant to school

Oxitec - Sao Paulo

In the Lab By Ike Swetlitz

Genetically modified mosquitoes are one step closer to being released in Florida

Puerto Rico Zika

Business By Rebecca Robbins

‘Absolutely shameless’: 7 marketers of anti-Zika repellents slapped with cease-and-desist letters

Miami Zika mosquitoes

Health By Helen Branswell and Andrew Joseph

CDC urges pregnant women to avoid area of Miami where Zika is spreading

Zika Aedes egypti

Health By Andrew Joseph

New Zika cases suggest Florida may be seeing viral outbreak

Utah Zika

Health By Helen Branswell

US health officials investigating mysterious case of Zika virus

Mosquitoes bed net

Quick Take By Anna Vlasits

Treated bed nets shorten the lifespan even of mosquitoes that evolved resistance

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Politics By Associated Press

Florida Keys delays residents’ vote on genetically modified mosquitoes

Miami Zika

Health By Andrew Joseph

CDC preparing to deploy strike teams to limit spread of Zika

Andie Smidler

Health By Melissa Bailey

Inside Harvard’s hot and humid mosquito lab

Microcephaly Puerto Rico

Health By Helen Branswell

Puerto Rico reports first case of microcephaly linked to Zika

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Politics By Associated Press

Genetically modified mosquito plan headed for vote in Florida Keys

Harris County mosquito map

Health By Andrew Joseph

Mosquitoes are spreading Zika. Your neighbors aren’t helping

Mosquito

In the Lab By Andrew Joseph

Watch: As Zika concerns spread, a top mosquito control district gets to work

Deadly Mosquito_Square

Health By Eric Boodman

Killer snails and assassin bugs: secrets of the world’s deadliest creatures

Thomas Frieden CDC Zika

Health By Andrew Joseph

At Zika summit, officials stress need for funding and action now to avoid crisis later

New CDC Mosquito MAP SQUARE

Health By Andrew Joseph

Map: More US cities are now expected to be vulnerable to Zika

Mosquitoes

First Opinion By Anthony S. Fauci

The great mosquito debate: Kill them

Mosquitoes

First Opinion By Andrew P. Dobson

The great mosquito debate: Keep them