Continued spread of Zika raises many research questions, WHO says

Zika virus is set to spread through Asia, WHO says.

Zika virus infection is “highly likely” to continue spreading through Asia, the World Health Organization predicted this week, as evidence grows that babies infected in the womb show a constellation of abnormalities, not just microcephaly. A six month follow-up of 11 babies born to mothers diagnosed with the Zika virus in Brazil, published in JAMA Neurology, found a range of anomalies in additi...

Valuable oil sands environmental research raises several questions.

Kurek et al. (1) provide a valuable contribution concerning oil sands development. The authors should also be congratulated for not drawing irresponsible inferences about human cancer risks from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and for accurately reporting substantially lower PAH contamination of sediments for their study lakes vs. popular Alberta recreational lakes:Wabamun, Pigeon, and ...

US agency says Zika virus causes microcephaly.

Zika virus is the cause of a surge in birth defects across Latin America and the Caribbean, the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced on 13 April, linking Zika infection during pregnancy not only to microcephaly but also to congenital blindness, stillbirth, and other fetal abnormalities. The announcement was timed to coincide with the online publication in the New England Journal of Me...

Paranoid? Who Says I'm Paranoid?

Suspension recalls past cases , raises questions

When the University sent sopho­ more guard Kyle McAlarney home last Monday, it wasn’t just the bas­ ketball p lay e r’s nam e th a t got splashed across national h ead ­ lines. The d ec ision to su sp en d McAlarney — who was arrested Dec. 29 on charges of marijuana possession — im m ediately p ro ­ je c te d N otre Dam e in to the debate. “T he bad new s is everyone always looks at cases that ...