The Failure of Public Health Messaging about COVID-19
Untested medications and false claims that it's no worse than the flu are still being taken much too seriously by far too many people
Opinion
How Those Bogus Reports on ‘Ineffective’ Neck Gaiters Got Started
The study they were based on was misrepresented by the press—but the scientists were partly at fault as well
Quantum Computing May Be Closer Than You Think
Five new quantum information science centers will marry the R&D strengths of academia, industry and U.S. national laboratories
COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven’t Had Any Symptoms
A growing body of research is raising concerns about the cardiac consequences of the coronavirus
The Dangers of Intellectual Territorialism
Narrow expertise has its value, but it’s also vital to let scientists step out of their “lanes”
Do-It-Yourself Vaccines for COVID-19
Some scientists are self-administering an untested product. Is doing so legal or ethical?
What Climate Change Does to the Human Body
An ENT physician sees the effects in her patients all the time
Coronavirus News Roundup: August 22–August 28
Here are pandemic highlights for the week
The Problem with Implicit Bias Training
It’s well motivated, but there’s little evidence that it leads to meaningful changes in behavior
Medical Education Needs Rethinking
Under the lingering influence of the 110-year-old Flexner Report, medical schools still minimize social and environmental factors in the understanding and treatment of disease
