Public Health
Decoded: What Is a Virus, Exactly?
These sometimes deadly packets of genetic information are more numerous in number than the stars in the cosmos.
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Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup: May 1–May 7
Pandemic highlights for the week
Public Health
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 Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between...
Policy
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
Public Health
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
Public Health
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
Public Health
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
Public Health
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
Public Health
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
Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup: April 24–April 30
Pandemic highlights for the week
Public Health
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
Public Health
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.
Public Health
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
Public Health
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
Public Health
Nurses Are Also Scientists
The pandemic has only reinforced what nursing professionals have known all along
Medicine
Blood Clots and the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine: What We Know So Far
Infectious disease physician-scientist Wilbur Chen discusses the rare cases of blood clots linked to the immunization
Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup: April 17–April 23
Pandemic highlights for the week
Public Health
COVID, Quickly, Episode 5: Vaccine Safety in Pregnancy, Blood Clots and Long-Haul Realities
Today we bring you the fifth episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American ’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between...
Public Health
How Real-World Data Can Help Us Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic
Rapid testing is important, but there’s a wealth of other information that could have offered us quicker insight into the spread of COVID
Public Health
India’s Massive COVID Surge Puzzles Scientists
The virus is spreading faster than ever before in the country despite previous high infection rates in megacities, which should have conferred some protection
