Testing for Ebola Vaccines to Start Soon, W.H.O. Says
By ANDREW POLLACK
The plans signify that a response to the Ebola outbreak is finally gathering steam, but it is still unclear if any of these vaccines will work.
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Workers assemble personal protection kits at a Medline plant in Illinois. Makers of protective equipment say demand has spiked, as hospitals brace for potential Ebola cases.
Major manufacturers of protective equipment are increasing production as people across the United States brace for new potential cases of the virus.
Ebola Outbreak Erodes Recent Advances in West Africa
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Ebola is wiping away the small gains made in war-scarred parts of West Africa, potentially threatening the hard-won stability in a tinderbox part of the world.
5 U.S. Airports Set for Travelers From 3 West African Nations
By MATT APUZZO and MANNY FERNANDEZ
Passengers arriving from Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone must enter at one of five airports that are screening for the disease.
At Ebola Training Session in New York, Calm and Caution Are Urged
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
Thousands of health care workers came from across the city to a training session where they were also addressed by the mayor and the governor.
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Allison M. Macfarlane will leave at year’s end to head a science and technology policy center at George Washington University.
Allison M. Macfarlane, the panel’s first geologist, said she would become the director of the Center for International Science and Technology Policy at George Washington University.
Procedure on Paralyzed Man Stirs Hope and Caution
By BENEDICT CAREY
A Polish man paralyzed from the chest down can use a walker and has some leg sensation after a novel treatment, a report says, but some experts warn against premature conclusions.
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Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer has run the President's Malaria Initiative for the last eight years.
Although he does nothing to court publicity, many call Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer one of the most effective leaders in public health.
For Children With Autism, Opening a Door to Dental Care
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS
More dentists are learning to meet the delicate challenge of caring for children with autism.
In a Dome in Hawaii, a Mission to Mars
By KENNETH CHANG
In a dome on a Hawaiian volcano, NASA is financing a study to see how astronauts might deal with the stress and isolation of an interplanetary trip.
Raw Data
Seeking Stars, Finding Creationism
By GEORGE JOHNSON
Astronomy is still fending off charges of blasphemy. These days the opposition comes not from the Vatican, but from a people with very different religious beliefs.
Time Travel
25 Years Ago, NASA Envisioned Its Own ‘Orient Express’
By KENNETH CHANG
The National Aero-Space Plane, which was to be able to circle the earth in 90 minutes, fell far short of such predictions.
Global Health
Steroids Are No Boon to World’s Poorer Women
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Giving steroids to women who are about to give birth prematurely may be useless or even dangerous in poor countries where most women give birth at home.
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Testing out the Hendo Hoverboard, which was developed by a couple in Los Gatos, Calif.
Hoverboard? Still in the Future
By CONOR DOUGHERTY
For the last 25 years, inventors like garage tinkerers, physics professors and engineers have been trying to make a hovering skateboard.
Genetic Variant May Shield Latinas From Breast Cancer
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
A new study’s findings may explain why Hispanic women have lower rates of breast cancer than other Americans.
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Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer, head of the strikingly successful President’s Malaria Initiative, has been quietly fighting the disease, cutting yearly malaria deaths to about 600,000 from one million.
A Man Against Malaria
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Catherine Saint Louis talks about some strategies for getting children on the autism spectrum cared for at the dentist’s office.
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Young, Stricken and Determined to Fight
By KATHERINE BOUTON
After learning they had progressive degenerative diseases, two authors reacted as almost any young person would, with denial.
Observatory
Australian Birds That Mysteriously Chase Rain
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
The banded stilt, a graceful, nomadic water bird found in inland salt lakes in Australia, can somehow sense and move toward rainfall hundreds of miles away.
Observatory
Plants’ Two-Way Protection Plan
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
Scientists studied trees in Kenya to try to determine what allows plants to thrive: protecting themselves with thorns or moving to areas with fewer predators.
Q&A
Hemispheres in Space
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How is north determined for other planets? What about the rest of the universe?
Three Times the Weight, but Much Less Hop
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
A giant kangaroo that lived about 15 million years ago could not hop because of its size, according to researchers.
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When sea ice melts and polar bears meet snow geese on their nests, the effects of climate change get complicated.
On the Cusp of Climate Change
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