The Coronavirus Outbreak

Two years into the COVID pandemic, as the highly contagious Omicron variant pushes infections to record highs, U.S.…

All the vaccines we use to ward off SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, share one crucial feature: they were…

Editor’s Note (12/21/21): This article is being showcased in a special collection about equity in health care that…

Editor’s Note (12/21/21): This article is being showcased in a special collection about equity in health care that…

During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jay Van Bavel, a psychologist at New York University, wanted to…

Editor’s Note (12/21/21): This article is being showcased in a special collection about equity in health care that…

Josh Fischman: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. This is your fast-track…

It has been less than four weeks since the announcement that a mutation-laden coronavirus variant had been…

On November 25, South African scientists announced the discovery of a new, “heavily mutated” variant of the…

For the nearly two years that COVID has hung over our heads, my children have been at risk of contracting and…