Omicron Is Likely to Weaken COVID Vaccine Protection—but Boosters Could Restore It
The rapid spread of new variants such as Omicron offers clues to how SARS-CoV-2 is adapting and how the pandemic will play out over the next several months
Volume 4, Issue 1
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Features
Is There More to a Healthy-Heart Diet Than Cholesterol?
A high-fat diet is thought to increase the risk of a heart attack. But some say that the long-held dogma of “bad” cholesterol might be flawed
The Benefits of Vaccinating Kids against COVID Far Outweigh the Risks of Myocarditis
Vaccination is likely to prevent many more COVID cases than it is to cause a rare and nonfatal heart side effect in five- to 11-year-olds
Departments
Health Care
The Smartest Way to Use Rapid At-Home COVID Tests
Microbiology
Gut Bacteria Change as You Get Older--and May Accelerate Aging
Neurology
Can Intense Exercise Lead to ALS?
Medicine
Four Success Stories in Gene Therapy
Pharmaceuticals
Investigating Antidepressants' Surprising Effect on COVID Deaths
Neuroscience
Cannabis Use in Pregnancy Is Linked to Child Anxiety, Hyperactivity
Physiology
COVID Can Cause Strange Eye and Ear Symptoms
Evolution
Physical Activity Could Be an Evolutionary Adaptation for Grandparenting
Public Health
Why COVID Deaths Have Surpassed AIDS Deaths in the U.S.
Our Best Bets against COVID
Cancer
The COVID Cancer Effect
Reproduction