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Using Facebook to track STDs 04/04/2012 03:50pm • WASHINGTON - Scientists are looking into the possibility of using Facebook to track the risk of sexually transmitted infections. Researchers are shifting their study of STDs from the risk between sexual partners to the infections' prevalence among friend groups. Social networks are becoming usefu Lost phones prone to identity theft, finders poke around 03/08/2012 10:45pm • WASHINGTON - Many Americans have lost their cell phone before, and wondered if the person who recovered their phone might try to access personal information. Symantec, the company behind Norton Anti-Virus software, wanted to know too so it intentionally lost 50 smart phones in cities across the U. Fighting an intestinal virus starts at home 02/27/2012 07:13pm • Hank Silverberg, wtop.com FAIRFAX, Va. - A nasty intestinal virus that students and staff at area schools are experiencing can be prevented. All that's needed is soap and water and some elbow grease. About 100 students and staff members at Willow Springs Elementary School went home Friday and cre Fairfax ES sees outbreak of 'highly contagious' virus 02/27/2012 05:22pm • Editor's Note: Check back on Tuesday, Feb. 28 for Hank's followup story with more information on how to clean Norovirus from your home. Hank Silverberg, wtop.com FAIRFAX, Va. - Willow Springs Elementary School was scoured with bleach and other cleaners over the weekend due to a virus, which coul Stomach bug hits Fairfax Elementary School 02/25/2012 11:55am • FAIRFAX, Va. - All weekend activities at Willow Springs Elementary School are canceled so it can be thoroughly cleaned after more than 100 students and staff missed class Friday with some sort of stomach bug. Fairfax County Schools spokesperson Mary Shaw says the school will get a thorough clean 85 George Washington University students infected by stomach virus 02/15/2012 09:35pm • WASHINGTON - A norovirus has infected 85 students at George Washington University, school officials say. The stomach virus spread in the last 24 hours, though similarities have not been established among the victims. Students, faculty and staff have been warned to take precautions like frequen Promising signs of a vaccine for HIV 02/01/2012 10:31pm • WTOP's Thomas Warren's week-long series "Generation Positive" is an in-depth look at the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and Washington, D.C. In a four-part web series and an eight-part series on-air, he will be taking a look at measures being taken to beat HIV/AIDS and breakthrough developments in the sea HIV/AIDS: The U.S. vs. Germany 01/31/2012 04:14pm • WTOP's Thomas Warren recently traveled to Germany for a fellowship with the RIAS Berlin Kommission. While there, he conducted research on the history of HIV in Germany, including the governmental policies aimed at handling the disease and how the virus is treated medically. As we continue our series From AIDS diagnosis, to single mother, to founder of the Women's Collective 01/30/2012 06:10pm • WTOP's Thomas Warren's week-long series "Generation Positive" is an in-depth look at the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and Washington, D.C. In a four-part web series and an eight-part series on-air, he will be taking a look at measures being taken to beat HIV/AIDS and breakthrough developments in the sea Generation Positive - An in-depth look at the HIV epidemic 01/27/2012 08:23pm • WTOP's Thomas Warren's week-long series "Generation Positive" is an in-depth look at the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and Washington, D.C. In a four-part web series and an eight-part series on-air, he will be taking a look at measures being taken to beat HIV/AIDS and breakthrough developments in the sea HIV study offers hope toward vaccine development 01/13/2012 01:20pm • Thomas Warren, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- An unprecedented new HIV study may change how soon the virus can be detected in a person's system -- which scientists hope could lead to developing an effective vaccine. Currently, it takes three months after the virus has been contracted before it can be dete Paperless could be dangerous for your bank account 01/07/2012 06:26pm • John Aaron, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Going paperless could be downright dangerous for your bank account. The latest versions of an especially nasty computer virus allow thieves to collect your personal information, take your money and, worst of all, keep you in the dark about it all. The newest Spy Add flu shots to the top of your winter to-do list 12/10/2011 08:58pm • WASHINGTON -- No one wants to start the new year with a case of the flu. So make sure to get a flu shot before the virus hits. "Typically, the flu season peaks in January and February of each year," says Dr. Yabo Beysolow with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "It takes about two w Things to try to stop that sneezing, sniffling, sore throat feeling 12/05/2011 02:03pm • WASHINGTON - That distinctive sniffling, sneezing, sore throat -- you know there's a cold coming. When cold season hits, it can be next to impossible to avoid exposure to the rhinovirus and the other airborne viruses that cause the common cold. While there is no cure for the miserable symptoms Cyber security: The bad guys have gotten good 12/05/2011 01:40pm • Evan Haning, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- The Internet is not like the Wild West, experts say. It's more like Chicago in the mob-ridden 1920s: organized crime. But organization doesn't rule out random attacks on both people and small businesses. Businesses that ask, "Who would target me?" don't underst