Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise–Now Come Tougher Trials
Preliminary results suggest the vaccine is up to 77 percent effective in young children, but researchers await larger studies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Penicillin Wasn’t Alexander Fleming’s First Major Discovery
It was lysozyme, an enzyme that attacks the cell walls of bacteria—and just as with the celebrated antibiotic, he found it through pure serendipity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Nurses Are Also Scientists
The pandemic has only reinforced what nursing professionals have known all along -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Our Health System Is Failing Patients with Limited English
Better communication could help reduce inequities, but our medical infrastructure isn't designed to take that into account -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, April 17–April 23
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID, Quickly, Episode 5: Vaccine Safety in Pregnancy, Blood Clots and Long-Haul Realities
Today we bring you the fifth 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
Blood Clots and the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine: What We Know So Far
Infectious disease physician-scientist Wilbur Chen discusses the rare cases of blood clots linked to the immunization -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Real-World Data Can Help Us Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic
Rapid testing is important, but there’s a wealth of other information that could have offered us quicker insight into the spread of COVID -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
India’s Massive COVID Surge Puzzles Scientists
The virus is spreading faster than ever before in the country despite previous high infection rates in megacities, which should have conferred some protection -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
What’s Causing Michigan’s COVID Surge, and Who’s Getting Sick?
An anesthesiologist at the University of Michigan describes the new influx of patients and what this may mean for the pandemic’s trajectory -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Race to Curb the Spread of COVID Vaccine Disinformation
Researchers are applying strategies honed during the 2020 US presidential election to track anti-vax propaganda -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
For Americans’ Health, a Dollar of Carbon Emissions Prevented Is Worth a Ton of Cure
Increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are taking an enormous toll on the human body—and it’s getting worse -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, April 10–April 16
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Fast Lane for COVID Testing Has Opened Up in the U.S.
Recently approved rapid antigen tests are likely to help mitigate the chain of transmission and put the U.S. on par with other countries that have them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Psilocybin Therapy May Work as Well as Common Antidepressant
For the first time, a randomized controlled trial shows the psychedelic offers potent, if short-term, relief in comparison with an SSRI -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Doctors Should Talk to Patients about Firearm Injury Prevention
It’s a major public health issue, and discussing it should part of routine care, no different than questions about health risk factors like smoking, substance use and diet -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com