Population Density Does Not Doom Cities to Pandemic Dangers
Crowding, connections among communities and other factors seem to better explain infection and mortality rates -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial
The test was halted when a participant suffered spinal cord damage, and U.S. scientists launched an investigation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Changing Our Dreams
Anxiety about social distancing and infection is altering how much we dream and the nature of our dreams themselves -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID-19’s Other Unnecessary Death Toll
Our bungled national response exposed the fragility of our already broken health care system by keeping people with other fatal diseases from getting treatment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How New Mexico Controlled the Spread of COVID-19
The state went after the disease with widespread testing and science-based targets. Now it is in better shape than its neighbors -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus Vaccine U.K. Trial Restarts, But Scientists Question Lack of Transparency
UK trials of the Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine have resumed after a brief pause, yet key details of the events have not been released -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, September 5-September 11
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A Matter of Time
9 essential facts about the coronavirus pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Scientists React to Halt of Leading Coronavirus Vaccine Trial
Scientists urge caution in the global vaccine race as AstraZeneca reports an ‘adverse event’ in a person who received the Oxford vaccine -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus: How It Infects Us and How We Might Stop It
How does SARS-CoV-2 sneak into our body? What can our immune system do and how can the virus sometimes defeat it? How do the leading drug and vaccine candidates work? Will the virus plague us... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Smoking or Vaping May Increase the Risk of a Severe Coronavirus Infection
Though few studies have investigated the connection specifically, cigarette smoke and vaping aerosol are linked to lung inflammation and lowered immune function -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Failure of Public Health Messaging about COVID-19
Untested medications and false claims that it's no worse than the flu are still being taken much too seriously by far too many people -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Failure of Public Health Messaging about COVID-19
Untested medications and false claims that it's no worse than the flu are still being taken much too seriously by far too many people -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, August 29-September 4
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
We Can’t Fight COVID-19 on a Country by Country Basis
A physician in hard-hit South Africa points out that squelching the disease in one place means nothing if it’s raging elsewhere -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How to Decide Who Should Get a COVID-19 Vaccine First
Medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel discusses a framework for equitably allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on preventing premature deaths and mitigating long-term economic impacts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com