Coronavirus News Roundup: August 1-August 7
Here are pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup: August 1-August 7
Here are pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Thousands Volunteer for COVID-19 Vaccine Study
Late-stage clinical trials of the first two coronavirus vaccine candidates in the U.S. plan to recruit 60,000 Americans -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Thousands Volunteer for COVID-19 Vaccine Study
Late-stage clinical trials of the first two coronavirus vaccine candidates in the U.S. plan to recruit 60,000 Americans -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Cure for COVID-19 Will Take More Than Personal Immunity
Our communal systems actually do much of the heavy lifting to keep us healthy or help us heal -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Cure for COVID-19 Will Take More Than Personal Immunity
Our communal systems actually do much of the heavy lifting to keep us healthy or help us heal -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID-19 Vaccine Ethics: Who Gets It First and Other Issues
Contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs spoke with Arthur Caplan, head of the NYU School of Medicine’s division of medical ethics, about some of the ethical issues that researchers have to consider... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID-19 Vaccine Ethics: Who Gets It First and Other Issues
Contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs spoke with Arthur Caplan, head of the NYU School of Medicine’s division of medical ethics, about some of the ethical issues that researchers have to consider... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Two Decades of Pandemic War Games Failed to Account for Donald Trump
The scenarios foresaw leaky travel bans, a scramble for vaccines and disputes between state and federal leaders, but none could anticipate the current levels of dysfunction in the United States -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Pill Takes the Bite Out of Viper Venom
A preexisting drug could buy time for snakebite treatment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Dampening of the Senses Is Linked to Dementia Risk
A decline in smell was the sense loss most strongly associated with such risk in a recent study. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Shelters Stay Empty as Isaias Barrels Up the East Coast
Concerns over COVID-19 have officials urging evacuees to stay with friends and family or at hotels -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Can a Cartoon Raccoon Keep Schoolkids Safe from COVID-19?
Well, why not? It worked for Smokey the Bear and forest fires -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Nine Important Things We’ve Learned about the Coronavirus Pandemic So Far
Some early public health messages about COVID-19 have been overturned -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fluoridated Water Criticized as Socialized Medicine
Originally published in February 1955 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Evaluate COVID-19 News without Freaking Out
Disinformation expert Carl Bergstrom gives tips on how to stay calm and make sense pandemic news -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com