What’s Next in the Search for COVID’s Origins
A World Health Organization report makes a reasonable start, scientists say, but there are many questions yet to be answered -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We Must Enhance–but also Decolonize–America’s Global Health Diplomacy
The U.S. can rebuild its role in the global health landscape on the basis of equitable policies rather than exploitative ones -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Debunk Misinformation about COVID, Vaccines and Masks
We each have more power to be a science communicator than we realize -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Deadly Lung Disease You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Pulmonary fibrosis is diagnosed in about 50,000 new patients annually, and as many as 40,000 Americans die from it each year -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, March 27–April 2
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Rapid COVID Tests Are Coming to Stores Near You
Companies backed by millions in public and private cash are racing to bring the tests to market -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
It’s Much More Likely the Coronavirus Came from Wildlife, Not a Lab
Former CDC director Robert Redfield says he believes in a lab leak—but offers no evidence. The odds are against his notion -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID Showed How Trials for New Drugs Could Be Faster and Better
The pandemic has spotlighted ways to make clinical trials easier on patients and better for science, a heart drug researcher says -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why Building a Diverse Company Is Good for Business
Celeste Warren of drug manufacturer Merck discusses diversity in science and medicine and the journey of rising up in the ranks of a major multinational company -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Best Medicine Doesn’t Always Come in a Bottle
A program called Wheels of Change pays unsheltered people to pick up trash or otherwise help clean up their community—and it can turn their lives around -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
If You Don’t Have COVID Vaccine Side Effects, Are You Still Protected?
Reactions reflect unique features of an individual’s immune system, not the strength of a response -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We Learned the Wrong Lessons from the Tuskegee “Experiment”
It’s understandable that Black Americans are wary of vaccines, but that despicable episode involved the withholding of treatment, whereas vaccines actively prevent disease -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Your Immune System Evolves To Fight Coronavirus Variants
Antibodies can change to counter new forms of the shape-shifting virus, research hints -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
WHO Report into COVID Pandemic Origins Zeroes in on Animal Markets, Not Labs
Scientists say the conclusions make sense but note that supporters of the lab-leak theory are unlikely to be satisfied -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
When Will Kids Get COVID Vaccines?
Pharmaceutical companies are starting clinical trials in young children and adolescents but they must balance speed and safety -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Scandal Over COVID Vaccine Trial at Peruvian Universities Prompts Outrage
Researchers gave shots to politicians and family members, violating trial regulations — and damaging public trust -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com