epidemiology
A historian identifies the worst year in human history
A Harvard professor's study discovers the worst year to be alive.
Mysterious vomiting disease in dogs is due to novel coronavirus
A newly discovered coronavirus — but not the one that causes COVID-19 — has made some dogs very sick.
COVID-19 survivor’s guilt is a growing problem as we confront our losses
A psychologist and a doctor of emergency medicine explain.
Can you still spread coronavirus after getting the vaccine?
The vaccine will shorten the "shedding" time.
Eight women at the forefront of the world’s COVID-19 response
Beyond making up 70% of the world's health workers, women researchers have been at the cutting edge of coronavirus research.
The scent of sickness: 5 questions answered about using dogs – and mice and ferrets – to detect disease
Could medical detection animals smell coronavirus?
People in these countries think their government did a good job of dealing with the pandemic
Spoiler: Most people actually approved of their government's approach.
How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone
Instead of looking forward, we should be consulting the past.
Quarantine rule breakers in 17th-century Italy partied all night – and some clergy condemned the feasting
17th-century outbreaks of plague in Italy reveal both tensions between religious and public health authorities.
‘Morality pills’ may be the US’s best shot at ending the coronavirus pandemic, according to one ethicist
COVID-19 is a tragedy of the commons.
Should students get a discount if they won’t be on campus because of COVID-19?
Not long after the COVID-19 pandemic caused colleges to start teaching remotely, students balked at the idea of paying full tuition for online learning. It’s not hard to understand why. […]
Does your homemade mask work?
Despite unregulated face coverings being highly variable, they do, on average, reduce the spread of the virus.
Russia claims world’s first COVID-19 vaccine but skepticism abounds
President Vladimir Putin announces approval of Russia's coronavirus vaccine but scientists warn it may be unsafe.
How COVID-19 will change the way we design our homes
Pandemic-inspired housing innovation will collide with techno-acceleration.
Signs of Covid-19 may be hidden in speech signals
Studying voice recordings of infected but asymptomatic people reveals potential indicators of Covid-19.
How often do vaccine trials hit paydirt?
Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.
As belly size gets larger, the memory center in the brain gets smaller
Researchers at University College London link waist circumference with dementia.
What is an immunity passport and could it work?
In Chile, the so-called "release certificate" would free holders from all types of quarantine or restriction.
Here’s what traveling could be like after COVID-19
We will travel again, but it will not be the same.
COVID-19: What is the R number?
R is a way of measuring an infectious disease's capacity to spread.
How Apple and Google will let your phone warn you if you’ve been exposed to the coronavirus
Apps that warn about close contact with COVID-19 cases can help relax social distancing rules.
Why does coronavirus kill more men than women? Researchers may have found an important clue.
Men take longer to clear COVID-19 from their systems; a male-only coronavirus repository may be why.
Report: Just 6% of world’s coronavirus infections detected
Researchers argue that most coronavirus infections around the world go undetected.
Watch: New study confirms masks work to reduce coronavirus spread
Research supports wearing surgical face masks to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
How COVID-19 might help us win the fight against climate change
The response to the pandemic illustrates five actions we can take to address the global climate change crisis.
Only a fifth of countries provide sick pay — the big challenges for work in a pandemic
From a personal point of view and from an economic point of view, this is nothing short of potentially disastrous for people's livelihoods.
Do you have a cold, the flu, or COVID-19?
What symptoms to watch for, how to get tested, what to do if you're sick, and when to go to the doctor.
We are entering a recession – but what did we learn from the last one?
Inequality from the Recession has a lot to do with how the government designed its response.
10 misconceptions about the 1918 flu, the ‘greatest pandemic in history’
Half a billion people were infected.
How NASA is keeping coronavirus off the International Space Station
A mission is planned for just three weeks from now, but NASA has a plan.