Stories by Pien Huang
Pien Huang
Correspondent, Science Desk
By Pien Huang
Tick season is getting worse. Can managing deer help?
Pien Huang | Jun 19, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
Health officials and researchers hope that efforts to control deer populations, which serve as "party buses" for mating ticks, can reverse the tide of ticks and the illnesses they cause.
By Pien Huang
The World Cup vs. bugs, germs and heat: Here's the game planPien Huang | Jun 5, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC
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U.S. passengers flying from Ebola-affected countries reroutedPien Huang | May 23, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC
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This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began — and the U.S. responseJonathan Lambert, Pien Huang | May 18, 2026, 8:10 PM UTC
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Hantavirus countdown: U.S. cruise passengers settle in for 42 days of waitingPien Huang | May 15, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC
U.S. cruise passengers arrive in the U.S. after one tests positive for hantavirus
One of the 18 Americans tested "mildly" positive for the virus during the U.S. return flight. A French woman has also tested positive — she was was among five French passengers repatriated to Paris.
Pien Huang | May 11, 2026, 1:42 AM UTC
Can Trump's latest pick for surgeon general make it through confirmation?
Nicole Saphier, a breast cancer radiologist, is the president's third nominee for surgeon general. Will she get confirmed?
Pien Huang | May 2, 2026, 10:32 AM UTC
Americans aren't sleeping enough. Here's what could help
Nearly a third of Americans get less than the recommended seven hours of sleep a night. A lot of us struggle to get to bed as we power through tasks or get lost in endless scrolling. Here's help.
Pien Huang | May 2, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC
Trump announces new pick for surgeon general nomination
President Trump announced a third nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a regular Fox News contributor, after pulling his previous nomination for Dr. Casey Means.
Pien Huang, Michel Martin | May 1, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC
Instead of civil war, a naked mole rat colony changed queens peacefully
These matriarchal rodents often have bloody succession wars to replace their queen. But in a colony in California, Queen Tere ceded the throne to her daughter, Arwen, without violence.
Pien Huang | Apr 21, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC
