Coronavirus Roundup for May 2-May 8
Pandemic news highlights of the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Heat and Humidity Are Already Reaching the Limits of Human Tolerance
Events with extreme temperatures and humidity are occurring twice as often now as they were 40 years ago -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
To Prevent the Next Pandemic, End Unequal Access to Natural Resources
Safeguarding public health requires rethinking our relationship to the environment and the inequities that drive its destruction -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Marijuana May Not Lower Your IQ
Rigorous new studies should be able to settle the matter -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The COVID-19 Response Is Failing Communities of Color
To build trust with traditionally underserved groups, health officials need to craft their messaging in a much more culturally sensitive way -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Millions of Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Tests May Help Fill the Testing Gap
The assays may not detect all cases, but they are cheap and could be used at home -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
People Don’t Have to Succumb to Anxiety during This Pandemic
That emotion is natural in a situation like this, but there are ways to mitigate it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Early Detection: A New Front in the War on Cancer
Blood tests that find malignancies before they spread could transform our approach to treatment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Grief on the Front Line–and Beyond
In their own voices, health care workers from across the country reflect on coping with the coronavirus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Keeping Pregnant Women Safe during the Pandemic
Our health care systems must be agile enough to ensure women have a safe pregnancy and childbirth even under the pressures of COVID-19 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
What COVID-19 Antibody Tests Can and Cannot Tell Us
Assays that detect prior novel coronavirus infections could reveal the extent of outbreaks. But they may give individuals false security -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Nurses Are Playing a Crucial Role in this Pandemic—as Always
The profession’s contributions to improving the public’s health during times of crisis date back to the days of Florence Nightingale -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Virus Mutations Reveal How COVID-19 Really Spread
Globe-trotting humans were the culprits -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Morally Complex Mix of Euthanasia and Organ Donation
Canada’s recent experience with terminally ill patients is instructive -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Will COVID-19 Make Us Less Democratic and More like China?
The pandemic has revealed the disadvantages of laissez-faire governance and advantages of centralized control -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID-19 and the Harsh Reality of Empathy Distribution
Empathy is a complex trait, like courage or height. Inevitably, some individuals inherit fewer pro-empathy genes than average -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com