Browsing: Pandemic

September 25, 20254 min readCow Udders Could Brew Up Dangerous New Bird Flu StrainsCells in cow udders could act as a site for human flu and…

Rattling departures of high-ranking officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear to be sending the U.S. public health agency into unsettling disarray, experts…

Animals of all kinds mix and mingle in underground burrows, offering troubling opportunities for diseases to jump species.In theory, it would take just one of these…

Pupils in England who were thought to have been among the worst affected by Covid have bounced back in their GCSE results, with more achieving top…

For most people, memories of childhood coughs and colds are synonymous with a menthol-smelling ointment in a dark blue jar with a turquoise cap.For more than…

Over the past four weeks, the Covid-19 inquiry has examined how the care sector was affected by a lack of testing and protective equipment and by…

More than five years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are still discovering the after-effects of not only the virus but also the prolonged…

The Pandemic Aged Everyone’s Brain—Even in Healthy PeopleA study of nearly 1,000 people showed that brain aging was not linked to infection statusBy Gemma Conroy &…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.H5N1 bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since last year, and for good reason:…