The Coronavirus Outbreak

The risk of COVID transmission in schools is very low if precautions are taken

An infectious disease doctor answers questions about the CDC’s and FDA’s decision to pause the vaccine’s use over a possible link with blood clots

Researchers are searching for possible links between unusual clotting and the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

The reasons may include women’s roles as caregivers and their greater likelihood of seeking out preventive health care in general

Pandemic highlights for the week

Today we bring you the fourth episode in a new 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.

One of the country’s top epidemiologists explains how population-wide use of rapid antigen tests—in combination with other measures—helped get its outbreak under control

But some health experts say people of color still need improved access to vaccination sites, along with more information

A World Health Organization report makes a reasonable start, scientists say, but there are many questions yet to be answered

Pandemic highlights for the week

Companies backed by millions in public and private cash are racing to bring the tests to market

Former CDC director Robert Redfield says he believes in a lab leak—but offers no evidence. The odds are against his notion