Vivid Photos Capture the Emotions of People Getting Their COVID Vaccinations
At a mass vaccination site in New Jersey, people got a shot of hope -- 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
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
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
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
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
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
The Pandemic’s Next Effect: A Giant Wave of Disabling Grief
COVID deaths are leaving millions bereaved. For some, the intense grief never recedes, making daily life almost impossible -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why Monoclonal Antibody COVID Therapies Have Not Lived Up to Expectations
The drugs used to treat Donald Trump have not been widely administered to other patients, but they still have a role to play -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Delaying a COVID Vaccine’s Second Dose Boosts Immune Response in the Elderly
People older than 80 who waited 11 to 12 weeks for their second jab had higher peak antibody levels than did those who waited only three weeks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Will COVID Force Public Health to Confront America’s Epic Inequality?
In California’s San Joaquin Valley, some researchers are turning political to address the social determinants of health -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Adolescents Can Finally Get Vaccinated against COVID
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine approval is younger teens’ shot at freedom -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
One Hurdle at a Time
What the experts say people can do after they get a vaccine -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com