The Coronavirus Outbreak

Pandemic highlights for the week

The school reopening debate points toward a broader range of problems facing the young

Sign-up systems for vaccines are horribly confusing, so people across the U.S. set up Facebook pages and phone lines with hands-on help

Trials of all three vaccines came up with different efficacy numbers, but all offer crucial protection in this health emergency

Trusted messengers and repeated reminders can overcome hesitancy, social science shows

Intranasal vaccines might stop the spread of the coronavirus more effectively than needles in arms

Pandemic highlights for the week

Today we begin 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.

ICE detention centers have some of the worst outbreaks in the country, endangering immigrants, staff and local communities

Deaf people are adapting signs to accommodate the limitations of video communication while working from home

Top things our brains need to help us get through the coming months

Requirements that travelers be vaccinated must be implemented in a humanitarian way