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The Case of the Brain-Eating Amoeba

After diagnosing a middle-aged man with an incredibly rare and almost always fatal infection, a medical team led by UCSF fellow Natasha Spottiswoode raced to find a treatment that could save his life.

Illustration of a man in anguish, gripping his face and flowery-looking organisms flow out of his head; a doctor looks concerned in the background.

Two New Vaccines Join the Fight to Eradicate Polio

Two new oral polio vaccines will help limit the amount of new polio strains and outbreaks by genetically engineering weakened polio virus in the oral vaccine to reduce reversion to dangerous forms.

A pair of gloved hands deliver an oral polio vaccine with a dropper into a young boy's mouth.