The scenarios foresaw leaky travel bans, a scramble for vaccines and disputes between state and federal leaders, but none could anticipate the current levels of dysfunction in the United States...
An outbreak in Italy in the 1630s forced him to find new ways of doing his research and connecting with his family
Concerns over COVID-19 have officials urging evacuees to stay with friends and family or at hotels
Some early public health messages about COVID-19 have been overturned
Disinformation expert Carl Bergstrom gives tips on how to stay calm and make sense of pandemic news
Here are pandemic highlights for the week
Teams are starting to test vaccines using messenger RNA or chimpanzee cold viruses to inoculate humans. Will their benefits last?
The decline seen in some studies is normal, experts say. But scientists must wait to see whether infection confers long-term protection
Journalist and author Emily Anthes talks about her book The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness.
A major drop in public transit use coincides with concerns about reducing air pollution that can exacerbate lung conditions
Men often think masks and other precautions make them look like wimps
The COVID-19 pandemic has become the worst public-health crisis in a century. More than 500,000 people have died worldwide. It has also catalysed a research revolution, as scientists, doctors and other scholars have worked at breakneck speed to understand COVID-19 and the virus that causes it: SARS-CoV-2. Nature runs through some of the key questions that researchers still don’t have answers to...
The antiviral interferon might help early but exacerbate disease in later stages
The pandemic exposed a glaring health gap caused by systemic racism. Here’s how to narrow it
Racial minorities and those with underlying health conditions may be at a greater risk from coronavirus infection, but have historically been less likely to be included in clinical trials...
Here are some brief reports about science and technology from all over, including one about how a lizard population responded to hurricanes by developing larger and stickier toe pads on average...
An outbreak of typhus in the densely packed walled enclosure was countered by adopting all-too-familiar public health measures
Here are pandemic highlights for the week
Meteorologists take advantage of weather data collected by commercial jetliners at different altitudes and locations. Fewer flights mean less data.
Dramatic increases in storm-prone areas will complicate evacuation, sheltering and recovery efforts
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