The Coronavirus Outbreak

Many of the unexpected deaths in rural U.S. counties last year were not recorded as caused by COVID

Birth rates in many high-income countries declined in the months following the first wave, possibly because of economic uncertainty

For a couple working in health care, the decision to get married and have a baby was complicated

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.

Pandemic ceasefires offer an opportunity to expand vaccination efforts, experts say. But negotiation is tricky

Overlapping diseases and social conditions in the U.S. continue to dictate who is hurt most badly by the novel coronavirus

Their immune system is more primed to fight off the novel coronavirus

The novel coronavirus, in contrast, can disrupt both things in unvaccinated men and women

Experts weigh in on common questions about whether and when additional doses of coronavirus vaccines may be needed

An educational experiment used escape rooms and the undead to set the stage for a terrible situation that would become all too real

The #ScienceUpFirst initiative was created to provide, support and amplify accurate scientific information to help people make informed health decisions

Face coverings are essential to protecting children, keeping schools open and slowing the highly contagious coronavirus variant, experts say