Public HealthNovember 12, 2020
Early COVID Vaccine Results Bode Well for an Approval This Year
The data are preliminary, however, and it is not yet clear whether the vaccine protects against severe disease
Medicine
MedicineNovember 10, 2020
Digital Medicine Can Diagnose and Treat What Ails You
Therapeutic and diagnostic apps and bots are almost here
May Issue: Your Heart in Flames. Read Now!
MedicineNovember 10, 2020
Microneedles Could Enable Painless Injections and Blood Draws
Fewer trips to medical labs make care more accessible
ComputingNovember 10, 2020
Virtual Patients Could Revolutionize Medicine
Replacing humans with digital simulations could make clinical trials faster and safer
Public HealthNovember 9, 2020
Coronavirus Vaccine Is 90 Percent Effective in Large Trial, Pfizer Says
Genetic engineering could allow for speedy production as well
Public HealthOctober 27, 2020
Election Science Stakes: Medicine and Public Health
Scientific American’s senior medicine editor Josh Fischman talks about issues in medicine and public health that will be affected by this election.
Public HealthOctober 27, 2020
A Flu Shot Might Reduce Coronavirus Infections, Early Research Suggests
Hospital workers who got vaccinated were significantly less likely to develop COVID than those who did not
MedicineOctober 25, 2020
Billions of Dollars for Stem Cell Research Institute On California’s November Ballot
Voters must decide whether to keep financing the second largest funder of stem cell science in the world
OpinionOctober 24, 2020
COVID’s Other Toll: Unnecessary Tests and Huge Hospital Bills
They highlight one of the biggest problems in American health care
MedicineOctober 21, 2020
Human Challenge Trials Will Deliberately Infect Dozens in the U.K.
Proponents of the trials say they can be run safely and help to identify effective vaccines, but others have questioned their value
MedicineOctober 16, 2020
Don’t Expect a COVID Vaccine before the Election
A vaccine made by Pfizer could seek emergency approval by the third week of November, but it likely won’t be available to the public until mid- to late 2021
MedicineOctober 15, 2020
How to Take Racial Bias Out of Kidney Tests
A medical student describes winning her fight to change an equation that prevented Black people from getting crucial treatment