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STRIPES (Alison Bath) - Arctic naval exercise pushes drone testing to the extremes | Stars and Stripes

The U.S. Navy and Norway are testing drones in the Arctic, where China and Russia are seen as an increasing threat to U.S. and European security.

NYTIMES (Ruth Maclean) - Ebola Was Identified in Congo Weeks Before W.H.O. Declared an Emergency

Early surveillance and testing failed to identify Bundibugyo, a rare species of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak.

NPR (Ari Daniel) - Willy Wonka would love this laboratory that checks the quality of chocolate

The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) Consumers and farmers stand to benefit from the "Standard of Excellence" program.

STRIPES (Alison Bath) - Navy installation in Naples confirms elevated radon readings | Stars and Stripes

The Navy’s largest installation in Italy validated test results showing potentially dangerous radon levels at base schools and elsewhere, an about-face from an earlier rejection of the findings as unreliable.

STRIPES (Seth Robson) - On a jungle range, the US Army is testing handmade drones for modern combat | Stars and Stripes

U.S. soldiers are assembling advanced military drones by hand during Balikatan joint exercises in jungle terrain north of Manila, Philippines.

NYTIMES (Apoorva Mandavilli) - New PEPFAR Data Show Worrying Declines in Testing and Treatment for H.I.V.

The numbers are the first to quantify the effect of the Trump administration’s shutdown and restarting of a program that has saved millions of lives worldwide.

NPR (Kate Cunningham) - You can order your own bloodwork now. Interpreting the results is another story

Firms like Function Health and Oura market regular blood tests to people wanting to take their health into their own hands. The process often raises more questions for patients than it can answer.

NYTIMES (Katrina Miller) - How NASA Is Keeping the Astronauts Safe During the Artemis II Mission

Years of testing, emergency systems and sensors have gone into protecting the astronauts set to head to the moon.

NYTIMES (Apoorva Mandavilli) - C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Mpox

The diseases were removed from a list of tests the agency conducts for state and local health departments. Experts worry that with drastic staff reductions, the testing may not resume.