The law the Supreme Court just failed to block is not just a blow to women; it’s biologically nonsensical

A new video series from Scientific American and Spektrum der Wissenschaft gives you a serving of science. In this episode, we take a look at something called inulin.

The Supreme Court will hear a case in the upcoming term that could officially overturn that historic ruling

Self-targeting antibodies attack part of the immune system that plays a key role in fighting infection

Rather than crystallizing all at once, kidney stones dissolve and re-form over and over

A generation of new tests could lessen overuse of antibiotics

Legal and practical obstacles make it difficult to clean the burn pits and health-damaging chemicals that remain at military bases

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

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African Americans die at a higher rate than other groups and have a harder time quitting. But new evidence-based approaches can change that

Pandemic ceasefires offer an opportunity to expand vaccination efforts, experts say. But negotiation is tricky

Overlapping diseases and social conditions in the U.S. continue to dictate who is hurt most badly by the novel coronavirus

Their immune system is more primed to fight off the novel coronavirus

The novel coronavirus, in contrast, can disrupt both things in unvaccinated men and women

The World Bank’s and the International Monetary Fund’s pressure to privatize India’s health care system deepened inequities in access—to lethal effect

The science is clear: abortion by medication is safe and effective

Experts weigh in on common questions about whether and when additional doses of coronavirus vaccines may be needed

An educational experiment used escape rooms and the undead to set the stage for a terrible situation that would become all too real

A tool built by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that the number of fatalities may range from 10,000 to 100,000 or more

The #ScienceUpFirst initiative was created to provide, support and amplify accurate scientific information to help people make informed health decisions

Face coverings are essential to protecting children, keeping schools open and slowing the highly contagious coronavirus variant, experts say

Schools, colleges and universities that fail to impose mask mandates and other COVID protections put working parents in an excruciating position

Here’s how a flower extract keeps off mosquitoes

Stripping back nearly all public health restrictions comes as the virus still poses a threat

The herbal supplement can be abused, but given the explosion in opioid deaths, eliminating this safer substitute will almost certainly lead to more deaths