A Tsunami of Dementia Could Be On the Way
The COVID-19 pandemic can damage the aging brain both directly and indirectly -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Special Report: The Coronavirus Pandemic
How it started, where it’s headed, and how scientists are fighting back -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Introducing the June 2020 Issue
Special report: How the coronavirus pandemic started, where it’s headed, and how scientists are fighting back -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How COVID-19 Deaths Are Counted
Assigning a cause of death is never straightforward, but data on excess deaths suggest coronavirus death tolls are likely an underestimate -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Things We’ve Lost in the Pandemic
Human lives, human touch and direct human interactions are gone—and so is the sense that we can trust our leaders to act quickly and effectively in the face of a catastrophe -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Geometry Points to Coronavirus Drug Target Candidates
A new mathematical model predicts areas on a virus that might be especially vulnerable to disabling treatments -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Snuff Out the Next Pandemic
High-speed sequencing technology, placed strategically in urban hospitals, could flag a new pathogen before it has a chance to spread widely -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
From Headaches to ‘COVID Toes,’ Coronavirus Symptoms Are a Bizarre Mix
Blood clots and inflammation may underlie many of these complications -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus Roundup for May 9-May 15
Pandemic news highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
To Track Massive Locust Swarms, Officials Use Tool that Forecasts Smoke Plumes
The pests that have been laying waste to crops across Africa follow the winds, just like smoke -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Dogs Caught Coronavirus From Their Owners, Genetic Analysis Suggests
There is no evidence that dogs can pass the virus to people, however -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We’re Being Tested
President Trump pointed out yesterday that if we didn't do any testing for the virus we would have very few cases, which forces us to confront the issues posed by testing in general. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
During COVID-19, Healers Need Healing Too
A physician's suicide reminds us reminds us that the plague of COVID-19 creates deep emotional wounds in health care workers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why History Urges Caution on Coronavirus Immunity Testing
Being immune was once a status symbol—and another way to segregate and divide humanity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Masks Reveal New Social Norms: What a Difference a Plague Makes
A 120-nanometer virus makes face coverings de rigueur in places where they were once shunned or against the law -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID-19 Is Like an X-ray of Society
The disease's unequal impacts on different segments of the population is illuminating longstanding structural injustices -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com