Another Way to Protect Against COVID Beyond Masking and Social Distancing
Boosting indoor humidity in winter can hinder transmission of the virus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Elvis Got Americans to Accept the Polio Vaccine
Campaigns to change behavior thrive on three factors: social influence, social norms and vivid examples -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Vaccines Need Not Completely Stop COVID Transmission to Curb the Pandemic
Lessons from other viruses show that even if vaccines don’t completely stop disease spread, they can still successfully contain it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, January 9-January 15
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Remaining COVID-19 Journey
With a vaccine in limited availability, many still need medicines to keep the virus at bay -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Should We Change COVID Vaccine Doses to Reach More People? What the Data Say
Scientists are debating whether to delay, skip or halve doses. But untested tweaks could shake public confidence -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID Is on Track to Become the U.S.’s Leading Cause of Death–Yet Again
This winter the novel coronavirus may kill more people than heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s or diabetes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
What is Chronic Kidney Disease and How Might it Affect You?
In the U.S., a third of Americans are at risk of chronic kidney disease, and age is a major factor. More than half of Americans over 75 are thought to have some sort of kidney damage. Here's what... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Four Most Pressing Science Priorities for the Next President
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The Four Most Pressing Science Priorities for the Next President
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Could New COVID Variants Undermine Vaccines? Labs Scramble to Find Out
Researchers race to determine why variants identified in Britain and South Africa spread so quickly and whether they’ll compromise vaccines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We Must Find Ways to Detect Cancer Much Earlier
The job of the oncologist of the future will be to prevent and treat the emergence of disease -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We Must Find Ways to Detect Cancer Much Earlier
The job of the oncologist of the future will be to prevent and treat the emergence of disease -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup: January 2-January 8
Here are pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup: January 2-January 8
Here are pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Best Evidence for How to Overcome COVID Vaccine Fears
Social science offers valuable lessons about ways to convince those who are hesitant about the shots -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com