Lockdowns moved the burden of COVID from the at-risk elderly to the less-at-risk young. Does this sacrifice merit compensation?
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Artificial intelligence can forecast the behavior of viruses and quickly make vaccines to thwart them.
Sixty years later, will anybody have heard of COVID?
Concluding that Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest was caused by the COVID vaccine requires accepting highly improbable leaps of logic.
The study was small and didn't include a placebo group, but there is reason to believe that the drugs really do work.
Viruses, it turns out, can block one another and take turns to dominate.
The patron saint of calling BS, Harry Frankfurt, died watching his philosophy become more urgent than ever.
AI was key to making Moderna's COVID mRNA vaccine. Its role in mRNA therapeutics will rapidly grow in the coming years.
The antibodies elicited by the "S2 vaccine" not only neutralize COVID's multiple strains but also coronaviruses that cause the common cold.
Ethicist and doctor Simon Whitney argues that society's overly cautious approach to medical research is blocking breakthroughs.
A new online religion is spreading misinformation and phony products.
It’s simple to make, easy to use, and should work against any variant.
People with higher immune resilience live longer, resist diseases, and are more likely to survive diseases when they do develop.
From COVID and cancer vaccines to a steady drop in the number of people living in extreme poverty, there are reasons for optimism in 2023.
Tardigrades can completely dehydrate and later rehydrate themselves, a survival trick that scientists are harnessing to preserve medicines in hot temperatures.
The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.
Three years after the pandemic began, we still don't know the origin of COVID. A strange lack of curiosity has stifled the debate.
Americans without friends have increased 400% in recent years. Here’s why.
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If you believe that you're perfect, then somebody else must be responsible for your failures.
Undeterred by years of failure, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman proved that mRNA is the future of vaccines.
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How to separate the reality from the conspiracy theory.
Wealth was a cushion, but even being well-off did not protect people from the harmful effects of pandemic stressors.
The young and healthy were not just as likely to die as the old and frail, according to a new analysis.
Long-term research efforts have revealed alarming mental health trends.
Shoving platelet-rich plasma up your nose might restore your sense of smell after COVID. But whether it actually works still needs to be sniffed out.
The state of global democracy is relatively strong — but there are clear signs of recent erosion.
Social media has made yelling past each other all the easier.
Explore the key highlights from the UN’s latest release of its world population estimates.