Some viruses go extinct, while others stick around. The virus that causes COVID-19 seems likely to remain with us for the long term.

Vaccination campaigns like the ones that eventually eliminated polio and measles in the United States required decades of education and awareness in order to achieve herd immunity in the U.S. population.

How can nations prevent more pandemics like COVID-19? One priority is reducing the risk of diseases’ jumping from animals to humans. And that means understanding how human actions fuel that risk.

Social media during the pandemic is not all doom scrolling and despair. Lighter memes have psychological benefits.

Boys, LGBTQ youth and people with normal body mass index are often overlooked when it comes to recognizing eating disorders, a physician and psychotherapist explain.

Comparison of four oxidation-based cleaners suggests the devices produce their own pollutants and vary in effectiveness.

Virologists are beginning to assess which other viruses could have pandemic potential

The technology could be developed as a rapid diagnostic for Covid-19 or other emerging pathogens.

Halloween, with its mix of the macabre and the playful, provides a moment to reflect on how closely life and death are interwoven – especially in 2021.