COVID Variants May Arise in People with Compromised Immune Systems
The case history of a U.K. man in his 70s shows how selective “pressures” bring about viral mutations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, February 13 – February 19
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Coronavirus is Here to Stay–Here’s What That Means
A Nature survey shows many scientists expect the virus that causes COVID-19 to become endemic, but it could pose less danger over time -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Will the Coronavirus Evolve?
If we’re lucky, mutations will make SARS-CoV-2 less lethal, as happened with the 1918 flu—but there’s no guarantee of that -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Which COVID Vaccine Is ‘Best’? Why Do Some People Have Side Effects? Experts Answer These Questions and More
Scientific American talked to scientists about everything from what efficacy means to protection against the new coronavirus variants -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Nursing Home Workers Had One of the Deadliest Jobs of 2020
An analysis of incomplete data shows they had a death rate higher than that of loggers, and may have rivaled fishers for most perilous profession -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Booster Shots Against Scary COVID Virus Variants Are In the Works
Vaccine makers are designing follow-up shots, based on new mutations, to keep the disease at bay -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID Vaccines Are Safe and Effective–What the Research Says
As more coronavirus vaccines are rolled out, researchers are learning about the extent and nature of side effects -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Printing a Brain Aneurysm in a Dish
Scientists make and treat a 3-D-printed model of a ballooning blood vessel -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How President Biden Can Deliver on His Vaccine Promise to Communities of Color
It will require the federal government to use a scientific, data-driven system for identifying those most in need -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, February 6 – February 12
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Masks Can Be Detrimental to Babies’ Speech and Language Development
The good news is that parents can take action to compensate -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why It’s So Hard to Make Antiviral Drugs for COVID and Other Diseases
Antibiotics abound, but virus-fighting drugs are harder to come by. Fortunately, scientists are getting better at making and finding them -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Visual Guide to the New Coronavirus Variants
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus seems to be suddenly acquiring mutations at a rapid rate. The most worrying variants, first discovered in South Africa and Brazil, increase the virus’s contagiousness... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why COVID Vaccines Are Taking So Long to Reach You
Bottlenecks in supply chains and difficult appointment-registration systems are slowing distribution -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Society’s End-of-Life Problem
Americans have unequal access to the benefits of advance care planning -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com