Fighting Back against the Loneliness Epidemic
Throughout the country, socially distanced young adults and older adults have been forming connections -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Smoking or Vaping May Increase the Risk of a Severe Coronavirus Infection
Though few studies have investigated the connection specifically, cigarette smoke and vaping aerosol are linked to lung inflammation and lowered immune function -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Our Health Depends on Our Homes and Work Spaces
A new book looks at the science of how our buildings affect our bodies and minds -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We Must Reduce the Trauma of Medical Diagnoses
If a diagnosis is not delivered with care, it can form an intense “flashbulb memory” -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID-19’s Disparate Impacts Are Not a Story about Race
They’re a story about racism -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Failure of Public Health Messaging about COVID-19
Untested medications and false claims that it's no worse than the flu are still being taken much too seriously by far too many people -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Failure of Public Health Messaging about COVID-19
Untested medications and false claims that it's no worse than the flu are still being taken much too seriously by far too many people -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, August 29-September 4
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We Can’t Fight COVID-19 on a Country by Country Basis
A physician in hard-hit South Africa points out that squelching the disease in one place means nothing if it’s raging elsewhere -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Decide Who Should Get a COVID-19 Vaccine First
Medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel discusses a framework for equitably allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on preventing premature deaths and mitigating long-term economic impacts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Decide Who Should Get a COVID-19 Vaccine First
Medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel discusses a framework for equitably allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on preventing premature deaths and mitigating long-term economic impacts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Stop Stealing Doctors from Developing Countries
The U.S. is luring physicians from places where they’re already in short supply -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Those Bogus Reports on ‘Ineffective’ Neck Gaiters Got Started
The study they were based on was misrepresented by the press—but the scientists were partly at fault as well -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Doctors Chase Treatment for Kids Threatened by Dangerous COVID-19 Syndrome
Physicians are comparing ad hoc solutions for reducing massive inflammation that can cripple organs -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven’t Had Any Symptoms
A growing body of research is raising concerns about the cardiac consequences of the coronavirus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Do-it-Yourself Vaccines for COVID-19
Some scientists are self-administering an untested product. Is that legal? Is it ethical? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com