CDC scientists armed with GPS devices hope that spying on the nightly escapades of tiny fruit bats in Uganda will help them understand how Marburg, which is as deadly as Ebola, is spreading to humans.
From Florida to Arizona, Massachusetts to Georgia, California to Texas, here are the best photos from the midterms shot by Washington Post photographers.
We wanted to hear directly from people whether they are voting in midterms and why. So we went to nine states and asked.
Broomgrass, a farm community in Berkeley County, will never have more than 16 homes on its 320 acres, which will remain “forever wild.”
Industrial chemicals dumped long ago still haunt Minden, W.Va., a community beset by cancer and fear. Like her father, physician Ayne Amjad is trying to track the links.
Humboldt County, known for decades as a haven of great dope in Northern California, cashed in on an illicit economy. Can it make it under the state’s new marijuana regulations?
With cruise ships once again docking on the U.S. territory, residents without roofs wonder if enough aid will ever cross the ocean
