Long COVID Risk Falls Only Slightly after Vaccination

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May 27, 2022

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Epidemiology Long COVID Risk Falls Only Slightly after Vaccination Results from a large study suggest that vaccines offer less protection against lingering symptoms than expected By Sara Reardon,Nature magazine

Policy Keeping a Business Safe without a Mask Mandate Requires a Nuanced Approach Government or companywide mandates give businesses cover for policies perceived as political By Isabella Bunosso,Grant E. Donnelly,Selin A. Malkoc

Arts This New Album Makes Beautiful Music out of Gravity, the Elements and Photosynthesis The British band the Sound of Science elevates edutainment on its debut By Ryan Reid

Microbiology Kitchen Sponges Help Breed Bacteria Better There's a structural reason your sponge hosts so many microbes By Joanna Thompson

Pollution U.S. Emissions Rise 4 Percent as Drivers Log a Record Number of Miles Drivers tallied 753 billion miles in the first three months of the year, the highest total on record By Benjamin Storrow,E&E News

Culture The Science Is Clear: Gun Control Saves Lives By enacting simple laws that make guns safer and harder to get, we can prevent killings like the ones in Uvalde and Buffalo By The Editors

Arts Inside an Arctic Expedition, Natural History of Fragrance, Essays on Places in Peril, and More Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American By Amy Brady

Medicine Antifatness in the Surgical Setting Weight bias compounds health problems, and surgeons need to recognize and stop it By Ashley Andreou

Weather As 2022 Hurricane Season Looms, A Current that Fuels Monster Storms Is Very Warm The Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico has fueled major storms such as Hurricane Katrina By Nick Shay,The Conversation US

Ethics Scientists Must Consider the Risk of Racist Misappropriation of Research The Buffalo massacre shooter contorted genetic studies to support his hateful views By Robbee Wedow,Daphne O. Martschenko,Sam Trejo

Plants Pollen Grains Carry Hundreds of Plant Viruses "Sexually transmitted" plant viruses may be on the rise because of agricultural activity By Saima May Sidik

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Health & Medicine, Volume 4, Issue 3

FROM THE ARCHIVE How to Make Smart COVID Risk-Benefit Decisions Scientific American asks experts in medicine, risk assessment and other fields how to balance the risks of COVID with the benefits of visiting public indoor spaces By Devabhaktuni Srikrishna | April 2022

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