
What Air Pollution in South Korea Can Teach the World about Misinformation
Tracking how misinformation campaigns begin and amplify can give scientists tools to combat them
Tracking how misinformation campaigns begin and amplify can give scientists tools to combat them
The success of vaccines has reduced the pool of people available for studies, among other factors
But smarter communications from health agencies can improve the road ahead
Lessons from HIV/AIDS and SARS-CoV-2/COVID for harm reduction
COVID misinformation has led to many top scientists leaving their public positions, putting health policy in the hands of people with limited expertise
It isn’t clear why, but researchers are investigating a possible COVID link
The country has reached an unthinkably grim milestone. Nearly 200,000 children have lost parents, many more elderly have been killed, and family well-being has been ripped apart
Recent findings blow up assumptions about who chooses to get vaccinated against the disease
Burning piles of used gloves, test kits and syringes release toxic pollutants. But there are ways to improve medical recycling
Scientists are debating whether to use a little-known measure to determine who is truly contagious. The NFL is already using it
Grandparents are a majority of the pandemic’s death toll
Specific mutations hide the COVID-causing variant from the immune system and give it a new route into more cells
My colleagues and I use a protocol to inoculate safely, and the CDC needs to revise its recommendations
The huge number of Omicron infections could add a lot more people with disabling long-term symptoms. Vaccinations could blunt the impact
The new normal this winter is longer drives for kids’ tests, multiday waits for results, drug-store restock alerts and social media tips
Vaccine makers worry yet another variant will start dominating in the months it takes to roll out shots against this one
FaceBit tracks a face covering’s fit and wear time, as well as its wearer’s vital signs
A rapidly spreading variant could dangerously strain health-care systems, even if the severe disease risk is relatively low for an individual
The new coronavirus variant may be better than other versions at avoiding human immune defenses—but that ability may change in different countries
Deaths of parents and other terrible experiences have hurt hundreds of thousands, so new initiatives are trying to help families in pain
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