New COVID-19 boosters are rolling out, but the US still leads the world in daily pandemic deaths. At the same time, we’re one of over 80 countries (1) struggling to control monkeypox in regions where it is not endemic. Even polio is waging a comeback. Though these diseases are very different, this confluence of viruses […]

Biogen Inc.’s board of directors has appointed Christopher A. Viehbacher as president and CEO and a member of the board of directors. Viehbacher succeeds Michel Vounatsos, who has led the company since 2017. “It has been a privilege to lead this great company and work with so many outstanding people for nearly six years,” Vounatsos said. “With 30 […]

For more than 40 years, Michael Russell, a professor emeritus of microbiology and immunology at the University at Buffalo, New York, has studied the web of specialised cells and secretions that protect the body’s mucosal surfaces, including the upper respiratory tract. Yet, despite reams of evidence showing how important the mucosal immune system is, it […]