Public Health
How New Mexico Controlled the Spread of COVID-19
The state went after the disease with widespread testing and science-based targets. Now it is in better shape than its neighbors
"The Coronavirus Outbreak"
Medicine
Coronavirus Vaccine U.K. Trial Restarts, but Scientists Question Lack of Transparency
U.K. trials of the Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine have resumed after a brief pause, yet key details of the events have not been released
Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup: September 5–September 11
Here are pandemic highlights for the week
Behavior
Emotional Labor Is a Store Clerk Confronting a Maskless Customer
The preeminent sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses the control over one’s feelings needed to go to work every day during a pandemic
Medicine
Scientists React to Halt of Leading Coronavirus Vaccine Trial
Scientists urge caution in the global vaccine race as AstraZeneca reports an “adverse event” in a person who received the University of Oxford vaccine
Public Health
Coronavirus: How It Infects Us and How We Might Stop It
How does SARS-CoV-2 sneak into our body? What can our immune system do and how can the virus sometimes defeat it? How do the leading drug and vaccine candidates work? Will the virus plague us forever?...
Policy
COVID-19’s Disparate Impacts Are Not a Story about Race
They’re a story about racism
Medicine
Costa Rica Readies Horse Antibodies for Trials as an Inexpensive COVID-19 Therapy
After neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture, scientists at the University of Costa Rica are proceeding with human testing
Public Health
An Immune Protein Could Prevent Severe COVID-19—if It Is Given at the Right Time
The antiviral interferon might help early but exacerbate disease in later stages
Medicine
‘Warp Speed’ COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts Aim for Diverse Volunteers and Long-Lasting Protection
The Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed program is backing six efforts with the ambitious goal of delivering an effective vaccine by January
Public Health
Coronavirus and the Flu: A Looming Double Threat
The two could come together, making things worse—or our new hygiene habits may actually reduce the flu’s spread
Public Health
Schools Have No Good Options for Reopening during COVID-19
Bringing students back into classrooms or keeping them home can both have negative consequences
Public Health
Nine Important Things We’ve Learned about the Coronavirus Pandemic So Far
Some early public health messages about COVID-19 have been overturned
Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup: August 29–September 4
Here are pandemic highlights for the week
Public Health
We Can’t Fight COVID-19 on a Country-by-Country Basis
A physician in hard-hit South Africa points out that squelching the disease in one place means nothing if it’s raging elsewhere
Medicine
How to Decide Who Should Get a COVID-19 Vaccine First
Medical ethicist Ezekiel Emanuel discusses a framework for equitably allocating COVID-19 vaccines based on preventing premature deaths and mitigating long-term economic impacts
Policy
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
Public Health
Doctors Chase Treatment for Kids Threatened by Dangerous COVID-19 Syndrome
Physicians are comparing ad hoc solutions for reducing massive inflammation that can cripple organs
Policy
Do-It-Yourself Vaccines for COVID-19
Some scientists are self-administering an untested product. Is doing so legal or ethical?
Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup: August 22–August 28
Here are pandemic highlights for the week
