Behavior
What’s Scarier than the Coronavirus?
Our extreme responses to COVID-19 have revealed an underlying societal vulnerability that is more concerning than the virus itself
"The Coronavirus Outbreak"
Medicine
Has Telemedicine's Day Finally Come?
With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote medical consultation seems like a no-brainer—but it’s not that simple
Policy
False Hope about Coronavirus Treatments
President Trump misspoke in a recent press conference: there are no approved treatments
Medicine
Coronavirus Vaccines: Five Key Questions as Trials Begin
Some experts warn that accelerated testing will involve risky trade-offs
Behavior
COVID-19’s Psychosocial Impacts
The pandemic is putting enormous stress on all of us but especially on health care workers and other specific groups
Public Health
Covert Coronavirus Infections Could Be Seeding New Outbreaks
Scientists are rushing to estimate the proportion of people with mild or no symptoms who could be spreading the pathogen
Behavior
Those Precautions for Avoiding the Coronavirus May Seem Extreme, But ...
That’s the wrong way to think about them
Medicine
How COVID-19 Drug Hunters Spot Virus-Fighting Compounds
A big project looks at “doorways” the coronavirus uses to get into cells—and finds drugs that could block them
Public Health
Medical Students Should Get Out of the Hospital--Now
Clinical rotations are crucial for our education. But as possible vectors of COVID-19 contagion, we endanger patients and hospital staff
Medicine
Larry Brilliant Helped to Eradicate Smallpox—and He Has Advice for COVID-19
The doctor’s firsthand experience with epidemics gives him a unique view of our current health crisis
Public Health
How to Triage Patients Who Need Intensive Care
A new computer model analyzes when to admit people to intensive care units—and when to move them out—which could help doctors handle the coronavirus surge
Conservation
COVID-19: The Wildlife Trade and Human Disease
Christian Walzer, executive director of global health at the Wildlife Conservation Society, talks about how the wildlife trade, especially for human consumption, can lead to disease outbreaks...
Climate Change
Democrats Want to Include Climate Action in Coronavirus Aid
The two main proposals are for airlines to reduce carbon emissions and to extend clean-tech tax credits
Behavior
Near Real-Time Studies Look for Behavioral Measures Vital to Stopping Coronavirus
The goal is to identify the best means of encouraging individuals to change the way they live. Young people may need more convincing
Public Health
Optimism in a Dark Time
The coronavirus pandemic might have positive consequences...
Public Health
David Quammen: How Animal Infections Spill Over to Humans
In this 2012 interview, David Quammen talks about his book Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, which is highly relevant to the emergence of the coronavirus that has changed our lives...
Public Health
Life in the Containment Zone
What it’s like in New Rochelle, N.Y., the site of the state’s biggest coronavirus outbreak
Public Health
How the U.S. Must Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Scientists, engineers and health professionals can bring our collective knowledge to bear on this challenge and change the trajectory of the response
Public Health
Destroyed Habitat Creates the Perfect Conditions for Coronavirus to Emerge
COVID-19 may be just the beginning of mass pandemics
Public Health
Planes, Trains and Automobiles: What Does A Deep Clean Mean?
There is no universal protocol to eradicate the coronavirus, and cleaning means different things to businesses and consumers
