May I Borrow Your Covid Immunity?
Whenever a new virus emerges—be it HIV or SARS-CoV-2—a few lucky people put up a potent natural defense. Monoclonal antibody drugs let them share the health.
Here’s a Plan to Stop the Coronavirus From Mutating
Prioritize people who are immunocompromised for early vaccination.
Hydroxychloroquine Is Toast. Now Say Hi to Its ‘Dirty’ Cousin
Amodiaquine, a related treatment for malaria, can beat back Covid-19 in hamsters. But if this drug, too, gets overhyped, there will be awful consequences.
Scientists May Be Using the Wrong Cells to Study Covid-19
How did an African green monkey that died in 1962 get involved in the biggest research debacle of this pandemic?
America Has a Sick Obsession with Covid-19 Polls
Scholars have long warned that constant polling is bad for democracy. In a pandemic, it’s also bad for public health.
If the Virus Slows This Summer, It May Be Time to Worry
We hoped that Covid-19 would be a seasonal infection. We hoped wrong.
Covid-19’s Scary Blood Clots Aren’t That Surprising
There’s more than a century of research linking clogged blood vessels to infectious diseases.
The History of Pandemics Teaches Us Only That We Can’t Be Taught
Is there a lesson in this repeating failure? Would we even learn it if there was?
Can’t Stop Touching Your Face? Science Has Some Theories Why
Ground squirrels do it. So do human fetuses. How did we all end up with this unhygienic habit?