Behavior
How the Pandemic Roiled the Foster Care System
Lengthy suspensions of crucial services for foster children during the past year exacted a heavy emotional and mental toll
"The Coronavirus Outbreak"
Health
Deleted Coronavirus Genome Sequences Trigger Scientific Intrigue
Partial SARS-CoV-2 sequences from early outbreaks in Wuhan were removed from a U.S. government database by the scientists who deposited them
Fitness
Can Vitamin D Help Protect against COVID?
Some studies suggest an impact, particularly for those who are vitamin-deficient. But for now, the jury is out
Fitness
Why Are People with Obesity More Vulnerable to COVID?
Chronic inflammation and immune breakdown appear to be key reasons
Fitness
Gut Reactions: Microbes in the Digestive Tract Influence COVID Severity
Our resident bacteria help regulate the immune system and response to infections
Behavior
It’s Not You, It’s COVID: Couples Who Blamed Pandemic for Tensions Stayed Happier
Pinning stress on the coronavirus helped couples cope and remain resilient
Medicine
CureVac COVID Vaccine Letdown Spotlights mRNA Design Challenges
Scientists are searching for explanations to disappointing final-stage trial results. These insights could help guide the future development of mRNA vaccines
Public Health
These Videos Could Boost COVID Vaccination Rates
Creators on social media platforms significantly extend the reach of coronavirus and vaccine information
Public Health
Children’s Birthdays May Have Spread COVID Infections
The risk of infection increased by up to 30 percent or so among people with observances in the first 10 months of 2020
Public Health
New Coronavirus Variants Are Urgently Being Tracked around the World
Genomic sequencing efforts are limited in developing countries, but scientists are mobilizing to help
Public Health
Coronavirus News Roundup: June 5 to June 18
Pandemic highlights for the past two weeks
Public Health
COVID, Quickly, Episode 9: Delta Variant, Global Vaccine Shortfalls, Beers for Shots
Today we bring you a new episode in our 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.You can listen to all past episodes here...
Behavior
How COVID Is Changing the Study of Human Behavior
The pandemic is teaching us key lessons about how people respond to crisis and misinformation, and it is spurring changes in the way scientists study public health questions
Public Health
From $1-Million Lotteries to Free Beer: Do COVID Vaccination Incentives Work?
Doling out cash rewards and lifting mask mandates could increase vaccine uptake, some research suggests
Public Health
Labor Department Issues Emergency Rules to Protect Health Care Workers from COVID
The new rules would require employers to notify workers of possible exposure to the disease and to report deaths or hospitalizations to the government
Public Health
COVAX Effort to Vaccinate the World Is Faltering
The international collaboration does not have enough COVID vaccine doses to meet its goals, so wealthy countries must step up to fill the gap
Public Health
The COVID Lab-Leak Hypothesis: What Scientists Do and Do Not Know
An examination of the arguments that SARS-CoV-2 escaped from a lab in China and the science behind them
Public Health
Why We Don’t Know the Animal Origins of the Coronavirus
Viruses that “spill over” to people do not stick around in animals, so finding true sources takes years of careful work, an expert says
Public Health
A ‘Universal’ Coronavirus Vaccine to Prevent the Next Pandemic
A pan-coronavirus vaccine could be “one vaccine to rule them all,” and so far it has shown strong results in mice, hamsters, monkeys, horses and even sharks.
Public Health
Why India’s Second COVID Surge Is So Much Worse Than the First
Large gatherings and much more lenient restrictions have allowed the virus to spread at devastating levels
