Coronavirus News Roundup, March 20 – March 26
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID, Quickly, Episode 3: Vaccine Inequality–plus Your Body the Variant Fighter
Today we bring you the third episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Loneliness Is a Public Health Problem: This Low-Tech Intervention Can Help
Phone calls may be integral to connecting with people who are lonely and isolated -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
People Gave Up on Flu Pandemic Measures a Century Ago when They Tired of Them–and Paid a Price
A now familiar 21st-century scenario of circumventing public-health strictures played out as well at the beginning of the 20th century -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Hidden Toll of COVID in Africa Threatens Global Pandemic Progress
Undercounting or ignoring cases of the disease on the continent could lead to new variants that might derail efforts to end the pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Coronavirus Variants Don’t Seem to Be Highly Variable So Far
SARS-CoV-2 may be settling into a limited set of mutations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Is Estrogen Deficiency Really a Thing?
The catch-all term plays into a cultural notion that estrogen is what makes a woman a woman -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Biggest Barriers to COVID Vaccination for Black and Latinx People
Differences in life expectancy, car ownership and language may contribute to the racial and ethnic disparities -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Search for a Cause of Transness Is Misguided
It can be well-intentioned, but it’s a dangerous path that leaves little room for a real understanding of gender and gender identity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We Need Social Science, Not Just Medical Science, to Beat the Pandemic
Human behavior and social inequity are huge confounding factors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, March 13 – March 19
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Charles Blow Tells You How to Actually Fight Racism
The New York Times columnist discusses police brutality, racial disparities of the pandemic and diversifying the workplace -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
What Florence Nightingale Can Teach Us about Architecture and Health
The 19th-century nurse and public health researcher understood the importance of light in fighting and preventing disease -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Scarcity of COVID Shots Might Boost Demand among the Vaccine-Hesitant
Willingness is rising, even among skeptical groups, at a time when there are still not enough doses to go around -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Reproductive Problems in Both Men and Women Are Rising at an Alarming Rate
A likely culprit is hormone-disrupting chemicals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID Antibody Treatments Show Promise for Preventing Severe Disease
Uptake by patients and physicians has been low in the U.S., even though some therapies have been authorized for months -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com