Coronavirus

Moncef Slaoui, scientific head of Operation Warp Speed, discusses challenges and politics of approving a vaccine before the election

On this week’s show: Could a focus on superspreading events help Europe fend off a second pandemic peak, and what to do if a country’s strong economic growth doesn’t alleviate extreme poverty

Countries seek new coronavirus strategies as COVID-19 surges across the continent again

Science explains FDA’s emergency use authorization and other ways countries can speed approvals for vaccines to the new coronavirus

Our columnists offer three principles for facing the realities of the upcoming semester

Antigen tests could help schools and workplaces reopen safely

Microbiologist Andrea Crisanti defied the authorities to launch his COVID-19 testing campaign

Autopsies suggest germinal centers, where antibody responses are honed, don’t develop in severe COVID-19

Scientists question justification for the emergency authorization and worry about its effects on clinical trials of other possible treatments

A man in Hong Kong was found to be reinfected with COVID-19, but what that means for vaccines and immunity is unclear

Saliva could be the key to a faster, cheaper, safer test

“We don’t … understand the extent of how this could impact us legally; we’re just scared because we know it could,” one student says

On this week’s show: Researchers jump on the chance to study wild animals during the COVID-19 pandemic, and microbes that grow wires

Grantee calls move “cynical,” conditions “impossible” to meet

Researchers confirm outbreak on Utah fur ranches

Countries averted disaster by resuming suspended bed net distribution campaigns