Today we begin a new podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American ’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between...
ICE detention centers have some of the worst outbreaks in the country, endangering immigrants, staff and local communities
Deaf people are adapting signs to accommodate the limitations of video communication while working from home
Top things our brains need to help us get through the coming months
Requirements that travelers be vaccinated must be implemented in a humanitarian way
Infection with the pandemic-causing virus seems to trigger diabetes in some patients. Here are five plausible explanations as to why
The case history of a U.K. man in his 70s shows how selective “pressures” bring about viral mutations
False beliefs, similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s patients, may result from a lack of science literacy
A Nature survey shows many scientists expect the virus that causes COVID-19 to become endemic, but it could pose less danger over time
If we’re lucky, mutations will make SARS-CoV-2 less lethal, as happened with the 1918 flu—but there’s no guarantee of that
Scientific American talked to scientists about everything from what efficacy means to protection against the new coronavirus variants
An analysis of incomplete data shows they had a death rate higher than that of loggers and may have rivaled fishers for the most perilous profession
Vaccine makers are designing follow-up shots based on new mutations to keep the disease at bay
As more coronavirus vaccines are rolled out, researchers are learning about the extent and nature of side effects
It will require the federal government to use a scientific, data-driven system for identifying those most in need
Pandemic highlights for the week
The good news is that parents can take action to compensate
Antibiotics abound, but virus-fighting drugs are harder to come by. Fortunately, scientists are getting better at making and finding them
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus seems to be suddenly acquiring mutations at a rapid rate. The most worrying variants, first discovered in South Africa and Brazil, increase the virus’s contagiousness and may even help it evade the human immune system...
Bottlenecks in supply chains and difficult appointment-registration systems are slowing distribution
