The Coronavirus Outbreak

Using home monitoring and other efficiencies instead of dragging people into hospitals could improve clinical trials after the pandemic

It took just four months to reach this global milestone, and hitting the two-billion mark could happen even faster, say scientists

Pandemic highlights for the week

Clear messaging and transparency are vital, say some experts on risk assessment and decision-making

Next-generation COVID-19 vaccines will not only tackle different versions of the virus but will provide solutions across the world at a fraction of the cost

It was good, on balance, for people’s mental health—but not so good for physical health

The agency’s latest guidelines provide an incentive for people to get vaccinated, but some may see them as premature

Pandemic highlights for the week

Today we bring you the fifth 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.

Infectious disease physician-scientist Wilbur Chen discusses the rare cases of blood clots linked to the immunization

The virus is spreading faster than ever before in the country despite previous high infection rates in megacities, which should have conferred some protection

An anesthesiologist at the University of Michigan describes the new influx of patients and what this may mean for the pandemic’s trajectory