Hospitals turn to remote monitoring tools to free up beds for the sickest coronavirus patients
Desperate to free up beds for only the sickest Covid-19 patients, hospitals nationwide are weighing…
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A sports medicine office morphs into a coronavirus clinic, braced for the onslaught
First in a series of reports from hospitals responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. The doctor…
Social distancing, politicized: Trump allies are urging an end to isolation, worrying public health experts
WASHINGTON — How and whether to prevent disease is suddenly a political question. And in…
Hospital orders for old malaria drugs have spiked amid coronavirus pandemic
As speculation mounted in recent weeks that a pair of old malaria drugs could combat…
A call to scientists idled by shuttered labs: Share your bench skills and resources to fight Covid-19
His lab shut down last week by coronavirus precautions like many others across the U.S.,…
WHO is asked to create a voluntary intellectual property pool to develop Covid-19 products
Seeking to widen access to medical products for combating Covid-19, the Costa Rican government has…
STAT Plus: Bellus Health hopes to be one of biotech’s more improbable turnarounds
About a dozen years ago, Bellus Health was teetering on the brink of insolvency after a would-be…
Startups touting at-home coronavirus tests suspend plans after FDA warning
In a rapid about-face, a handful of startups that had already rolled out at-home coronavirus…
‘We didn’t follow through’: The official who tallied ‘lessons learned’ from Ebola weighs in on the coronavirus response
Christopher Kirchhoff knows how to assess the U.S. government’s response to a public health crisis….
Opinion: We need smart coronavirus testing, not just more testing
Despite three weeks of assurances, most Americans who have symptoms of Covid-19 still can’t get…
Can location data from smartphones help slow the coronavirus? Facebook is giving academics a chance to try
It’s emerging as one of the more promising — and potentially controversial — ideas to…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Pharmacy boards limit prescriptions for drugs touted by Trump; Nearly half of trial sites expect disruptions
Hello, everyone, and how are you this morning? Despite the chaos, we are hanging in…
Opinion: People with serious illness can teach us a lot about living with Covid-19
As the U.S. grapples with a potentially deadly pandemic, it can learn a lot from…
When might experimental drugs to treat Covid-19 be ready? A forecast
There is a desperate need for new medicines to treat Covid-19, the disease caused by…
Desperate for Covid-19 answers, U.S. doctors turn to colleagues in China
Even as the Covid-19 outbreak has already overwhelmed some U.S. hospitals, in many cities anxious…
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STAT Plus: Despite investments and advocacy, pharma’s still making its drugs in batches that can take months — rather than continuously. Why?
WASHINGTON — Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said so-called continuous manufacturing would prevent drug shortages,…
‘A long ways from everything’: In Montana, distance is shaping the coronavirus response
BUTTE, Mont. — The little town of Libby, a former mining hub of 2,700 that’s…
Doctors warn an inability to smell could be a symptom of Covid-19 — but caution the evidence is preliminary
Health care workers are calling attention to a potential new symptom of a novel coronavirus…
As coronavirus spreads, thousands of foreign doctors could be blocked from U.S. entry, group warns
The status of 7,000 foreign doctors who were chosen to do medical residencies in American…
Opinion: Antibiotic resistance: the hidden threat lurking behind Covid-19
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic highlights the critical need for rapid development of vaccines and antiviral…
Ecuador becomes the latest country to eye compulsory licensing for Covid-19 products
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, Ecuador has become the latest country in which…
STAT Plus: An Indian drug maker is slammed by FDA for tossing ‘cartloads of trash bags’ filled with documents
Amid global anxiety over the novel coronavirus, a newly issued warning letter by the Food…
STAT Plus: AbbVie waives all worldwide restrictions on making generic copies of its Kaletra HIV pill
In an unexpected development, AbbVie (ABBV) is waiving restrictions on licenses held by a nonprofit…
STAT Plus: Startup Spotlight: Carisma Therapeutics wants to make a cell therapy that will work in solid tumors
When Michael Klichinsky was rotating through University of Pennsylvania hospitals as a pharmacy student more…
Opinion: What Singapore can teach the U.S. about responding to Covid-19
Our country, Singapore, has managed to contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus within its…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Researchers identify 70 drugs for possibly fighting Covid-19; Gilead pauses access to experimental drug
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We hope the weekend break was something…
As Covid-19 spreads, disruptions to clinical trial and drug development accelerate
The disruption of clinical trials due to the novel coronavirus pandemic is becoming an almost…
Opinion: The white scarf on the door: a life-saving lesson from the 1918 Spanish flu
In 1918, a white scarf tied to the door of my grandmother’s family’s apartment on…
Opinion: Covid-19 is reshaping the world of bioscience publishing
The Covid-19 pandemic is rapidly changing our lives in previously unimaginable ways and forcing us…
I asked eight chatbots whether I had Covid-19. The answers ranged from ‘low’ risk to ‘start home isolation’
U.S. hospitals, public health authorities, and digital health companies have quickly deployed online symptom checkers…
For people with underlying health conditions, the coronavirus presents ‘all the ingredients’ for danger
An infection from the coronavirus can be a formidable threat to anyone. But it is…
Why President Trump is at odds with his medical experts over using malaria drugs against Covid-19
One of the most wrenching questions in medicine has been playing out to garish effect…
Gilead suspends access to experimental Covid-19 drug due to ‘overwhelming demand’
Gilead Sciences has temporarily stopped granting patients access to remdesivir, its experimental drug against the…
As public hungers for coronavirus tests, FDA warns new at-home kits are ‘unauthorized’
As a wave of at-home tests for coronavirus are coming on the market, federal regulators…
New coronavirus test returns results in 45 minutes, but it may be limited to hospitals
A new diagnostic test for the novel coronavirus will return results in just 45 minutes,…
A plea from doctors in Italy: To avoid Covid-19 disaster, treat more patients at home
A dozen physicians at the epicenter of Italy’s Covid-19 outbreak issued a plea to the…
Opinion: We don’t send soldiers to fight a war without weapons. Give doctors what they need to fight Covid-19
My husband has been an emergency physician for 30 years. During that time, I have…
Opinion: I fought Ebola. Here’s my advice for health workers fighting Covid-19
In the summer of 2014, as I was preparing to fly to West Africa as…
STAT Plus: Congress’s coronavirus stimulus package contains plenty of unrelated wins for the health industry
WASHINGTON — A $1 trillion stimulus proposal unveiled Thursday evening by Senate Majority Leader Mitch…
AbbVie will allow generic copies of its HIV pill in Israel after the government approved a license
After the Israeli government approved licensing for a generic copy of the Kaletra HIV pill…
Trump says his belief in one potential coronavirus drug is ‘just a feeling’
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday admitted that his enthusiasm for an antimalarial drug unproven…
At-home tests for coronavirus are here. Should you take them?
With delays in testing hampering the country’s ability to accurately track the new coronavirus and…
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STAT Plus: Pfizer’s top-selling vaccine won’t prevent Covid-19, but could get a boost because of it
Vaccines tend to get a bad reputation among biotech investors. Which makes it easy to…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Trump adviser slams PhRMA pushback against ‘American-made’; drug makers boost production of malaria pill for Covid-19
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: Testing medical students is big business. I see it as extortion
On Friday, I’ll be one of thousands of medical students nervously waiting for the results…
Opinion: A chronic illness conundrum: Should I tell my employer about my MS?
As I prepared to tell my employer that I have relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, I…
Opinion: A new self-triage tool can help you decide if you need medical care for Covid-19
If you have a cough, fever, or shortness of breath, how can you tell if…
‘A lose-lose situation’: Assisted living residents may see lapses in care during pandemic
Every day, a quiet army of aides fans out across the country to fight off…
The coronavirus is imperiling drug studies. A virtual study of the Apple Watch could be positioned to thrive
A highly anticipated heart study of the Apple Watch is facing disruptions as a result…
‘A number of new stars’: The definitive guide to the Trump administration’s coronavirus response team
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence is in charge of the Trump administration’s response to…