Andrew Cuomo Should Resign
The sexual harassment charges are bad enough, but the man the media crowned “America’s Governor” last year needlessly let thousands of New Yorkers die from COVID -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
AI System Can Sniff Out Disease as Well as Dogs Do
Researchers are training algorithms to emulate trained dogs’ ability to detect cancer and other diseases, perhaps including COVID-19 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Science and Society Are Failing Children in the COVID Era
The school reopening debate points toward a broader range of problems facing the young -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Teens and Other Volunteers Help Seniors Find Scarce COVID Shots
Sign-up systems for vaccines are horribly confusing, so people across the U.S. set up Facebook pages and phone lines with hands-on help -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
It’s a Myth That Asian-Americans Are Doing Well in the Pandemic
Statistics suggest they are—but numbers often don’t include the most vulnerable with limited English -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
New Johnson & Johnson Shot Prevents Severe COVID As Well As Existing Vaccines Do, Experts Say
Trials of all three vaccines came up with different efficacy numbers, but all offer crucial protection in this health emergency -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
To Beat COVID, We May Need a Good Shot in the Nose
Intranasal vaccines might stop the spread of the coronavirus more effectively than needles in arms -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup: February 20–February 26
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID, Quickly Episode 1: Vaccines, Variants and Diabetes
Today, we begin a new podcast series: "COVID, Quickly." Every two weeks, Scientific American's senior health editors, Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman, catch you up on on the essential... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
America’s Immigration System Is a COVID Superspreader
ICE detention centers have some of the worst outbreaks in the country, endangering migrants, staff and local communities -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Biden’s COVID Plan Is Just a Beginning
The public health system needs wide-ranging reform to address weaknesses exposed by the pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Massive Google-Funded COVID Database Will Track Variants and Immunity
Open repository will give free access to more than 160 million data points with details about individual infections -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How COVID Is Changing the Cold and Flu Season
Measures meant to tame the coronavirus pandemic are quashing influenza and most other respiratory diseases, which could have wide-ranging implications -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Make ‘Immunity Passports’ More Ethical
Requirements that travelers be vaccinated must be implemented in a humanitarian way -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Unraveling the Complex Link Between COVID and Diabetes
The pandemic infection seems to trigger diabetes in some patients. Here are five plausible explanations as to why -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
7 Ways to Reduce Reluctance to Take COVID Vaccines
Trusted messengers and repeated reminders can overcome hesitancy, social science shows -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com