Science & Health

News and updates from the health and science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more.

The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis

Scientists say the coronavirus is airborne. Here’s what that means.

The WHO says aerosol Covid-19 transmission “cannot be ruled out.” Let’s explain.

By Brian Resnick

What scientists are learning about kids and Covid-19 infection

Several new studies are deepening our understanding of infection and transmission in kids, but there’s still a lot we don’t know.

By Lois Parshley

The murder spike in big US cities, explained

By German Lopez August 3

Should we be testing fewer people to stop the spread of Covid-19?

By Katherine Harmon Courage July 31

Scientists have backed away from the worst-case climate scenario — and the best one too

By Umair Irfan July 31

America is now a Covid-19 hot spot

By German Lopez July 31

On Mars, an autonomous rover and helicopter will roam free

By Rebecca Heilweil July 30

Microsoft’s astonishing climate change goals, explained

By David Roberts July 30

Future Perfect

San Francisco’s lonely war against Covid-19

The city could have crushed the coronavirus. Then Trump got in the way.

By German Lopez July 30

NASA’s latest rover is our best chance yet to find life on Mars

By Brian Resnick July 30

The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis

The odd, growing list of Covid-19 symptoms, explained

By Umair Irfan and Brian Resnick July 29

Surgical gowns cost my hospital 40 cents before the pandemic. Now they’re $9.

By Lisa Ishii July 29

How the Navajo Nation slowed one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in the US

By Lois Parshley July 28

How anti-vaxxers are thinking about a Covid-19 vaccine

By Jennifer Reich July 28

More people in the US are hospitalized with Covid-19 than at almost any other time

By Dylan Scott and Eliza Barclay July 24

How the coronavirus outbreak is roiling the film and entertainment industries

By Alissa Wilkinson July 24

It’s time to take UFOs seriously. Seriously.

By Sean Illing July 24

What to make of Trump’s “new tone” at the Covid-19 briefings

By Dylan Scott July 22

Just 3 states meet these basic criteria to reopen and stay safe

By German Lopez July 22

The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis

What scientists are learning about how long Covid-19 immunity lasts

By Brian Resnick and Umair Irfan July 22

This nurse has traveled from hot spot to hot spot during the Covid-19 pandemic

By Emily Stewart July 22

Nuclear power has been top-down and hierarchical. These women want to change that.

By David Roberts July 21

Why more young people are getting sick in the latest Covid-19 outbreaks

By Katherine Harmon Courage July 18

Florida now has more Covid-19 cases than any other state. Here’s what went wrong.

By German Lopez July 17

Hospitals are running out of staff, supplies, and beds for Covid-19 patients — and this time could be worse

By Eliza Barclay and Dylan Scott July 16

The entire world’s carbon emissions will finally be trackable in real time

By David Roberts July 16

The key lesson from school openings abroad: Contain the virus

By Alex Ward July 15

Covid-19 vaccine trials are showing promising results. A lot can still go wrong.

By Umair Irfan July 15

The growing scientific evidence for masks to fight Covid-19, explained

By German Lopez July 15

The other infectious diseases spreading in the shadow of the pandemic

By Katherine Harmon Courage July 14

What happens if Covid-19 symptoms don’t go away? Doctors are trying to figure it out.

By Lois Parshley July 14

Many technologies needed to solve the climate crisis are nowhere near ready

By David Roberts July 14

How California went from a coronavirus success story to a worrying new hot spot

By German Lopez July 13

My patient caught Covid-19 twice. So long to herd immunity hopes?

By D. Clay Ackerly July 12

How to go out and not spread coronavirus this summer

By Katherine Harmon Courage July 11

Why extreme heat is so alarming for the fight against Covid-19

By Umair Irfan July 10

Covid-19 testing in the US is abysmal. Again.

By German Lopez July 10

I’m an epidemiologist and a dad. Here’s why I think schools should reopen.

By Benjamin P. Linas July 9

Why Arizona is suffering the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the US

By German Lopez July 8

Humans are making pandemics more likely

By Danush Parvaneh July 7

The scariest thing about global warming (and Covid-19)

By David Roberts July 7

The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis

8 ways to go out and stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic

By German Lopez July 3