Jonathan Miles, author of the novels “Dear American Airlines” and “Want Not,” has just published “Eradication: A Fable.” ...

While polio may seem like a disease of the past, its eradication is still unfinished business—and one of the most ambitious global health undertakings in history. In honor of World Polio Day on ...

Two new novels share a seriousness that resists speed-reading or summary judgment. Jonathan Miles' "Eradication" is a compact, disciplined work that confronts moral responsibility without offering ...

Around the world, female health workers are everyday warriors, knocking door to door to ensure that no child is vulnerable to contracting polio. This year, there have been only eleven cases of polio.

When it comes to eradicating infectious diseases, there can be no half measures: it’s an all-or-nothing proposition. For more than three decades, eradicating polio — removing it from the face of the ...

It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds. But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed ...