Decoded: What Is a Virus, Exactly?
These sometimes deadly packets of genetic information are more numerous in number than the stars in the cosmos -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, May 1–May 7
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID, Quickly, Episode 6: The Real Reason for India’s Surge and Mask Liftoff
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
In Shocking Move, U.S. Backs Waiving Patents on COVID Vaccines
The development from the Biden administration draws cheers from public health researchers and ire from drugmakers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Brazil’s Pandemic Is a ‘Biological Fukushima’ That Threatens the Entire Planet
The largest country in Latin America now has states and cities where deaths are outpacing births -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Human Challenge Trials Can Accelerate Vaccine Development
Studies in which subjects volunteer to be infected with a disease reduce the uncertainties and bottlenecks of other types of trials -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Reckless Rush to Reopen Threatens Chile’s Exemplary Vaccination Strategy
Easing restrictions without clear risk communication undercuts some of the country’s hard-won progress in fighting the pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID Has Pushed Medical Research into Remote Trials, Benefiting Patients and Scientists
Using home monitoring and other efficiencies instead of dragging people into hospitals could improve clinical trials after the pandemic -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The First Billion COVID Vaccinations Have Been Given
It took just four months to reach this global milestone, and hitting the two-billion mark could happen even faster, say scientists -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coronavirus News Roundup, April 24–April 30
Pandemic highlights for the week -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Few Would Fear COVID Vaccines if Policy Makers Explained Their Risks Better
Clear messaging and transparency are vital, say some experts on risk assessment and decision-making -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Decoded: How Do Vaccines Actually Work?
Vaccines are medicines that train the body to defend itself against future disease, and they have been saving human lives for hundreds of years. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Flu Has Disappeared for More Than a Year
Mask wearing, social distancing and other steps to stop COVID-19 have also curtailed influenza -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
People of Color Breathe More Unhealthy Air from Nearly All Polluting Sources
A trend of disproportionate exposure to deadly air pollution among Asian, Hispanic and Black people persists in most cases regardless of the emission source, a study finds -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
CDC Says Vaccinated People Do Not Need to Wear Masks in Most Settings
The agency’s latest guidelines provide an incentive for people to get vaccinated, but some may see them as premature -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
On Exploring Mars and Saving Endangered Species
The act of going to the Red Planet gives us a new lens through which we can better understand and protect life’s fragility -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com