Biomedical Research Falls Short at Factoring in Sex and Gender
Despite policies that endorse more inclusiveness, incentives work against including female subjects in experiments -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
As the Pandemic Wanes, Sexually Transmitted Infections Are Likely to Rise
We created new vaccines; now how about creating better protection against STIs? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We’re Overlooking a Major Culprit in the Opioid Crisis
Pharmaceutical companies and drug dealers have been part of the problem—but so have policy makers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why Deadly ‘Black Fungus’ Is Ravaging COVID Patients in India
Standard treatments such as steroids, as well as illnesses such as diabetes, make the fungal infection worse -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Divisive COVID ‘Lab Leak’ Debate Prompts Dire Warnings from Researchers
Allegations that COVID escaped from a Chinese lab make it harder for nations to collaborate on ending the pandemic — and fuel online bullying, some scientists say -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Hormone Highs and Lows Follow a Seasonal Pattern
A newly discovered internal body clock creates annual peaks and valleys -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Dangerous Are New, Fast-Spreading Coronavirus Variants?
Key questions remain about how quickly B.1.617 variants can spread, their potential to evade immunity and how they might affect the course of the pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Vaccine Rollout Is Changing How We Think about Prescription Meds
A new survey reveals that, for the first time, many Americans see pharmaceutical companies as brand names, just like Nike or Amazon -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Modi Is Worsening the Suffering from India’s Pandemic
An authoritarian apparatus is being turned on wider society with lethal consequences -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, May 8–May 21
Pandemic highlights for the past two weeks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Should Your Child Get the COVID Vaccine?
A pediatric infectious disease expert answers questions about whether the vaccine is safe, and why children need it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Mix-and-Match COVID Vaccines Trigger Potent Immune Response
Preliminary results from a trial of more than 600 people are the first to show the benefits of combining different vaccines -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID, Quickly, Episode 7: The Coming Postpandemic Grief Epidemic and Mask Whiplash
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Global Iron-Deficiency Crisis
Some two billion people don’t get enough of this essential mineral in their diets -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Math and Sleuthing Help to Explain Epidemics of the Past
One mathematician has spend decades uncovering the deadly calculations of pestilence and plague, sometimes finding data that were hiding in plain sight. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How the Scientific American Staff Is Reacting to the CDC’s New Mask Guidance
We asked our vaccinated colleagues whether they planned on keeping their masks on or not—and why -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com