
Women in Science May Suffer Lasting Career Damage from COVID-19
They bear a greater proportion of childcare and household responsibilities, making it much harder for them to publish their work and get ahead
They bear a greater proportion of childcare and household responsibilities, making it much harder for them to publish their work and get ahead
People in low-income neighborhoods eat more proteins from animals and less of them from vegetables, a study suggests
In the state of Rondônia, social inequities give diseases a powerful boost
Public health experts offer tips for evaluating the risks of visiting public places during the COVID-19 pandemic
Here are pandemic highlights for the week
Late-stage clinical trials of the first two coronavirus vaccine candidates in the U.S. plan to recruit 60,000 Americans
Contributing editor W. Wayt Gibbs spoke with Arthur Caplan, head of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine’s division of medical ethics, about some of the ethical issues that researchers have to consider in testing and distributing vaccines against COVID-19...
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 U.S.
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
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.
The finding comes as the Trump administration has been rolling back clean air regulations
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 pandemic exposed a glaring health gap caused by systemic racism. Here’s how to narrow it
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