Brian Resnick
Former Science and Health Editor
Latest articles by Brian Resnick
Scientists say a moonshot effort is needed to end social distancing and this pandemic. Will leaders listen?
A coronavirus pandemic glossary.
You’re not just washing viruses down the drain. Soap destroys the coronavirus, a chemistry professor explains.
The most promising medical solutions to Covid-19 show what’s wrong with our approach to outbreaks.
Is reinfection possible? Will it be seasonal? How prevalent is it really? These are some of the top questions on researchers’ minds.
A brief, scientific guide to the first day of spring.
It’s more contagious, more deadly (particularly for older people), and it has a greater potential to overwhelm our health care system.
Researchers say we face a horrible choice: practice social distancing for months or a year, or let hundreds of thousands die.
Trump said he has “no symptoms” of coronavirus. That’s the wrong way to decide whether to put himself in quarantine.
It’s deadlier, more contagious, and more likely to severely disrupt our health care system.