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Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic antibiotics were frequently prescribed to seriously ill patients, even though the disease is caused by a virus.

Antibiotic Use Ran High In Early Days Of COVID-19, Despite Viral Cause

Many doctors have used antibiotics to treat COVID-19 patients, but that's largely unnecessary — and could even promote drug-resistant germs.

A man uses a tablet device in a subway train in Moscow in 2019. Russia's Internet regulatory agency announced it is slowing Twitter because the company has ignored requests to remove content harmful to children.

Russia Slows Twitter In Blunt Warning To U.S.-Based Social Media Platforms

The country's Internet regulator says Twitter has ignored its requests to remove material it considers harmful to children. The move is part of a larger effort to rein in non-Russian social media.

Yvette Richards, director of community connection at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, Mo., checks temperatures before Sunday morning services. The church is hosting vaccination clinics and holding socially distanced services after shutting down for much of the pandemic.

In Missouri And Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard To Track Vaccine Equity

Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data's usefulness.

Yvette Richards, director of community connection at St. James United Methodist in Kansas City, checks temperatures before Sunday morning services. The church is hosting vaccination clinics and holding socially-distanced services after shutting down for much of the pandemic.

In Missouri And Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard To Track Vaccine Equity

Data collection for race and ethnicity vary among states, complicating efforts to distribute COVID-19 shots to all groups. In Missouri, health officials have questioned the data's usefulness.

COMIC: A Kids' Guide To Coping With The Pandemic (And A Printable Zine)

It's been months of the pandemic and you might be feeling frustrated or upset. But there are lots of different ways to deal with your worries — like giving yourself a big hug!

Indiana University's board of trustees voted earlier this month to strip David Starr Jordan's name from a building. Jordan was the university's seventh president and a leader of the eugenics movement.

Universities Rethink Building Names In The Wake Of Racial Justice Protests

Many U.S. colleges have lecture halls named after respected scientists who also promoted racial theories or practices that are now rejected. And increasingly, their names are being removed.

Scientists have used the New Horizons spacecraft, billions of miles from Earth, to measure the darkness of space.

Scientists Discover Outer Space Isn't Pitch-Black After All

Scientists have used a NASA probe way out in space, beyond Pluto, to measure visible light that's not connected to any known source such as stars or galaxies.

CAS-9 is a powerful protein that acts like a pair of molecular scissors, capable of cutting strands of DNA in precise locations in the genome so that the DNA can be edited.

NOVA: Human Nature

Airs Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Stream with the PBS Video App

On the left is a computer model picture of a coronavirus spike protein without a sugar shield on it. On the right is a computer model picture of the spike protein with a sugar shield on it. The models demonstrate how the infection mechanism of the coronavirus is highly protected by these sugars, in the digital image above, June 25, 2020.

Coronavirus Is Covered In Sugar Shield, UCSD Scientists Figured Out What It Looks Like

The virus is covered in sticky spike proteins that help it infect human cells. But those spikes are also covered in sugar, which makes it hard for the body to detect it.

Residents of Chicago's majority Black Englewood neighborhood (shown above in 2014) have a life expectancy that's about 30 years shorter than residents of the mostly white Streeterville neighborhood.

How Systemic Racism Continues To Determine Black Health And Wealth In Chicago

There is a 30-year gap in the life expectancies of some Black and white Chicagoans. Journalist Linda Villarosa talks about the link between racism and health outcomes and tells her own family's story.

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