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A modeling study of boarding behavior finds filling the plane from back to front extends the close contact time between passengers and therefore increases the risks posed by air travel.

Organizers have cancelled conferences, COVID-19 quarantines have prevented some scientists in China from visiting their labs, and travel restrictions have left researchers stranded.

Rockets can transport humankind to Mars, but only the scientific and medical community can ensure our survival.

The latest rejections of visa requests have scientists up in arms.

Rare and hard-fought academic partnerships are left in limbo.

The cancer scientist and his family have been sent home, and an official claims that his detention was not triggered by the Trump travel ban.

Policies that limit researchers’ travel could restrict scientific progress and partnerships.

The judges’ decision allows exceptions that may permit scientists’ travel from the blocked countries.

Stone throwers hit the car Sharon Gray was riding in while visiting the country for a meeting.

The World Health Organization reports zero laboratory-confirmed infections stemming from the Games in Rio, noting, however, that some cases may have gone undetected.

With new reports of mosquito-borne transmission, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns pregnant women to avoid the area.

Louisiana state health officials ask anyone who has visited Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea in the past 21 days to skip next week’s meeting on tropical diseases in New Orleans.

The second healthcare worker to have contracted Ebola within the U.S. flew on a commercial airline after having cared for a Dallas patient who died from the virus.

Sabbaticals are one of the perks of the academic life. They may seem daunting to implement, but the time away could prove invaluable to your career.
 

Indian researchers argue that applying for new visas every year is an insult to international scientists.