public health
A recent clinical trial in Brazil highlights the dangers of two potential COVID-19 treatments: chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine.
The current focus on the Chinese and Jews is nothing new.
New research suggests anti-vaxxers overestimate all problems associated with mortality.
Researchers argue that most coronavirus infections around the world go undetected.
Johann Hari knows that mental health is really a social issue.
A global brainstorming marathon is throwing together brilliant ideas from around the world to rapidly develop solutions to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
Research supports wearing surgical face masks to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Creators of the popular protein-folding game, Foldit, are seeking help to design a treatment for COVID-19.
We’ve known this virus was coming. We just didn’t do anything about it.
Understanding the math behind social distancing.
Sometimes the best way to make changes is when you’re in the middle of a challenging time.
Americans consume the most toilet paper in the world but it’s a very wasteful product to manufacture, according to the numbers.
Coke, meth, ecstasy, amphetamines: each drug has a different ‘capital’
Flattening the curve on panic and disinformation.
Economics professor Stephen M. Miller shares his insights in this exclusive interview.
What symptoms to watch for, how to get tested, what to do if you’re sick, and when to go to the doctor.
Facing a shortage of medical resources, doctors in the U.S. may have to make difficult moral decisions over how to allocate care.
Lawrence “Larry” Brilliant, an American epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox, warned about the inevitability of a global pandemic in a now-famous 2006 TED Talk.
Washing your hands with soap and water can help protect against the coronavirus. But only if you do it correctly.
Researchers figure out the infectious periods of coronavirus on cardboard, metal and plastic.
A mission is planned for just three weeks from now, but NASA has a plan.
The Alzheimer’s Association says its new analysis and surveys “should sound an alarm regarding the future of dementia care in America.”
Can a real pandemic (such as COVID-19) turn into mass hysteria?
Novel food processing tech promises to lower sodium content without reducing flavor intensity.
Prevention is always better than waiting .
The National Institutes of Health hopes synthetic biology can engineer vaccines that outperform nature.
About 97.5 percent of people who develop symptoms will do so within 11.5 days, according to the new study.
Jordan Hall speculates on the fate of the species.
Once again, sugar-rich processed foods are shown to increase the likelihood of anxiety.
Will identifying patient zero curb the spread, or just cause stigma?