The Pandemic’s Next Effect: A Giant Wave of Disabling Grief
COVID deaths are leaving millions bereaved. For some, the intense grief never recedes, making daily life almost impossible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why Monoclonal Antibody COVID Therapies Have Not Lived Up to Expectations
The drugs used to treat Donald Trump have not been widely administered to other patients, but they still have a role to play -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Delaying a COVID Vaccine’s Second Dose Boosts Immune Response in the Elderly
People older than 80 who waited 11 to 12 weeks for their second jab had higher peak antibody levels than did those who waited only three weeks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fraudulent Fish Foiled by Cancer-Catching Pen
Seafood is often falsely labeled, but a handheld device can tell tuna from tilapia in seconds -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Will COVID Force Public Health to Confront America’s Epic Inequality?
In California’s San Joaquin Valley, some researchers are turning political to address the social determinants of health -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Adolescents Can Finally Get Vaccinated against COVID
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine approval is younger teens’ shot at freedom -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
One Hurdle at a Time
What the experts say people can do after they get a vaccine -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Decoded: What Is a Virus, Exactly?
These sometimes deadly packets of genetic information are more numerous in number than the stars in the cosmos -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Each of Us Can Prepare for the Next Pandemic
Cooperative Extension programs have a long history of teaching readiness and survival skills—and with more funding, they could help us get ready for future outbreaks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Damage to a Protective Shield around the Brain May Lead to Alzheimer’s and Other Diseases
The blood-brain barrier deteriorates with aging, but animal studies indicate repairs can make old brains look young again -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Forgotten History of the World’s First Trans Clinic
The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
It’s Time to Reevaluate How We Talk about COVID Risk
It exists on a spectrum, and pretending activities are either deadly or risk-free helps no one -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Failure of Genetic Therapies for Huntington’s Devastates Community
Hopes were high for drugs designed to lower levels of a mutant protein, but development has stalled -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, May 1–May 7
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID, Quickly, Episode 6: The Real Reason for India’s Surge and Mask Liftoff
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
In Shocking Move, U.S. Backs Waiving Patents on COVID Vaccines
The development from the Biden administration draws cheers from public health researchers and ire from drugmakers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com