Kidney Dialysis Is a Booming Business. Is it Also a Rigged One?
A new California law aims to curb what sponsors say is profiteering by dialysis centers. But are there any easy answers? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Kidney Dialysis Is a Booming Business. Is it Also a Rigged One?
A new California law aims to curb what sponsors say is profiteering by dialysis centers. But are there any easy answers? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
These Drugs Might Prevent Severe COVID
Even with vaccines on the way, treatments are needed to prevent the disease from getting worse—and to be ready for COVID-25, COVID-37, and so on -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine Is First to Win U.S. Authorization
The FDA issued the emergency use authorization for the vaccine late on Friday. And immunizations of health care workers and long-term care facility residents could begin within days -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine Is First to Win U.S. Authorization
The FDA issued the emergency use authorization for the vaccine late on Friday. And immunizations of health care workers and long-term care facility residents could begin within days -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
FDA Commissioner Says Vaccine Approval Process Will Be Transparent and Guided by Data
Stephen Hahn describes how the agency will evaluate vaccines for emergency authorization -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
FDA Commissioner Says Vaccine Approval Process Will Be Transparent and Guided by Data
Stephen Hahn describes how the agency will evaluate vaccines for emergency authorization -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Who Is My Doctor? Some Hospital Patients Never Know
Anyone who’s been hospitalized has probably asked this question—and probably never found out -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Who Will Get COVID Vaccines First and Who Will Have to Wait
In the U.S., health workers come first, but for other groups scientists and policy makers are weighing a mix of disease risks, logistics and ethics -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Doing the Touchy Math on Who Should Get a COVID Vaccine First
Mathematicians model pandemic scenarios by plugging thorny ethical and logistical issues into calculations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Doing the Touchy Math on Who Should Get a COVID Vaccine First
Mathematicians model pandemic scenarios by plugging thorny ethical and logistical issues into calculations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The COVID Cold Chain: How a Vaccine Will Get to You
A vaccine logistics expert explains how millions of frozen vials will be widely distributed -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Your Tears Might Save Your Life Someday
They could ultimately be used to find diseases the way blood tests do now—but cheaper and more easily -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
For Billion-Dollar COVID Vaccines, Basic Government-Funded Science Laid the Groundwork
Much of the pioneering work on mRNA vaccines was done with government money, though drugmakers could walk away with big profits -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
For Billion-Dollar COVID Vaccines, Basic Government-Funded Science Laid the Groundwork
Much of the pioneering work on mRNA vaccines was done with government money, though drugmakers could walk away with big profits -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID Vaccine Excitement Builds as Moderna Reports Positive Result
Preliminary data show that the immunization is 94 percent effective and seems to prevent severe infections -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com