A New Study Explains Why Covid-19 Causes a Loss of Smell

Nasal cells dedicated to smell have up to 700…

In Praise of the Great Outdoors

There’s a strong case for safely taking advantage of the nice weather…

Unproven Vaccine Technology and Rapid ‘Crappy’ Tests

Many of the Covid-19 vaccines in development are known as genetic vaccines, which in theory can be made and scaled up much more quickly than traditional vaccines. Rather than using a weakened or killed pathogen (or a piece of one) to…

The Latest: Did the virus mutate?

Your Coronavirus Update

Dear Reader,

This is Yasmin Tayag, writer at the Coronavirus Blog, filling in for Alexandra, who’s taking a well-deserved vacation.