Until a month ago, the agency advised that a surgical mask was sufficient unless workers were performing “aerosol-generating procedures” -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Today we bring you the second episode in a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Filters in household faucets and genetic technology could help reduce this public health threat, biologist Rebecca Fry says -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A surprising number of COVID-recovered patients deal with an array of troublesome symptoms, well after the disease is gone -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
On the anniversary of this global disaster, a look back at some of the biggest mistakes, surprising successes, and lingering questions -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Infectious disease specialist Nahid Bhadelia discusses new recommendations on how vaccinated people can gather with one another and small groups of unvaccinated individuals -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Sign-up systems for vaccines are horribly confusing, so people across the U.S. set up Facebook pages and phone lines with hands-on help -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Trials of all three vaccines came up with different efficacy numbers, but all offer crucial protection in this health emergency -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Intranasal vaccines might stop the spread of the coronavirus more effectively than needles in arms -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Today, we begin a new podcast series: "COVID, Quickly." Every two weeks, Scientific American's senior health editors, Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman, catch you up on on the essential... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The public health system needs wide-ranging reform to address weaknesses exposed by the pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Open repository will give free access to more than 160 million data points with details about individual infections -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Measures meant to tame the coronavirus pandemic are quashing influenza and most other respiratory diseases, which could have wide-ranging implications -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The pandemic infection seems to trigger diabetes in some patients. Here are five plausible explanations as to why -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com