Articles by

David Cox

This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout

After a lifetime on the frontiers of the fight against HIV, Linda-Gail Bekker could finally see the...

Trump’s Plan to Leave the WHO Is a Health Disaster

In the summer of 2020, 15 recognized leaders in US public health gathered to author an article...

Human Metapneumovirus Is Finally Being Taken Seriously

As head of one of the world’s only dedicated research labs focused on human metapneumovirus, John Williams...

The Gut Might Hold the Key to Treating Long Covid in Kids

Four years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors and researchers are still seeking ways to...

RSV Can Be a Killer. New Tools Are Identifying the Most At-Risk Kids

After 25 years as a pediatric infectious diseases specialist, Asunción Mejías is too familiar with the deadly...

This Mpox Outbreak Isn’t Like the Last One

In May 2023, the World Health Organization released a statement declaring the end of mpox—formerly known as...

The Global IT Outage Sends Hospitals Reeling

It was half past midnight Eastern Time when Andrew Rosenberg, an anesthesiologist and critical care doctor who...

How Not to Get Brain-Eating Worms and Mercury Poisoning

Are you experiencing unexplained memory lapses or brain fog? Ever considered that you may have a parasite...