FDA moves to boost coronavirus testing capacity by giving states more power
In response to a dire shortage of tests for detecting the fast-moving coronavirus, the Food…
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Lower death rate estimates for coronavirus, especially for non-elderly, provide glimmer of hope
In a rare piece of good news about Covid-19, a team of infectious disease experts…
In strictest U.S. coronavirus response so far, six Bay Area counties order ‘shelter in place’
Six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday announced a “shelter in place”…
To spur new AI tools to fight coronavirus, tech leaders launch open database of scientific articles
Five organizations on Monday released a new open dataset of over 29,000 scientific articles published…
Trump urges people to avoid discretionary travel and limit gatherings to fewer than 10 people
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday urged the public to avoid “discretionary” travel, frequenting restaurants…
Coronavirus model shows individual hospitals what to expect in the coming weeks
Spurred by reports of doctors in Italy rationing ventilators for coronavirus patients and of overwhelmed…
STAT Plus: Mallinckrodt loses a court case and is told to pay $650 million in overdue Medicaid rebates
In a setback to Mallinckrodt (MNK), a federal court judge upheld a move by the…
Opinion: Overreaction may be a bigger threat to public health than the novel coronavirus
In many infectious diseases, the immune system’s reaction to a virus, bacteria, or other pathogen…
STAT Plus: Novartis is scolded by Finnish regulators over hospital sales of a migraine drug
Regulators in Finland threatened to fine Novartis (NVS) for violating laws governing the distribution of…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Will countries nationalize anti-coronavirus supplies? Pandemic halts some academic labs
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. This week, however, ushers in a…
Drug makers grounding salespeople as coronavirus impact on business spreads
In another sign that the coronavirus pandemic is fundamentally interrupting the way biopharma conducts business,…
STAT Plus: To quell unpredictable allergic reactions, an experimental drug takes aim at a genetic cause, not symptoms
The last time Melanie Wardell was thrown into anaphylactic shock, an ad for Macy’s was…
Opinion: Data analysts: a new kind of whistleblower to ‘catch a rogue’?
Most whistleblower cases, regardless of industry, emerge through the bravery and integrity of an employee…
The new coronavirus can likely remain airborne for some time. That doesn’t mean we’re doomed
When a new virus blasts out of the animals that harbored it and into people,…
STAT Plus: Trump official behind health data rules has a message for privacy critics: Try helping patients, instead of your bottom line
For the past year, Don Rucker has been in the middle of one of the…
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As the coronavirus spreads, a drug that once raised the world’s hopes is given a second shot
A decade ago, a group of chemists cooked up a compound they simply called 3a…
Elbow bumps, social distancing, and Medicare for All: The coronavirus pandemic dominated every aspect of the Democratic debate
WASHINGTON — This is politics in a pandemic age: A presidential debate conducted in a…
As coronavirus pandemic worsens, health officials fear nationalization of drugs and supplies
An allegation that the Trump administration tried to secure exclusive rights to the production of…
Trump administration says it will launch mobile coronavirus test system this week
WASHINGTON — The federal government will roll out a nationwide coronavirus testing system at mobile…
Rollout of Verily coronavirus triage tool Monday will be more limited than Trump seemed to suggest
Verily, the Google spinout focused on life sciences, on Monday will launch an online screening…
Coronavirus pandemic forces some research labs to shut down, with uncertain futures for scientific projects
Scientists who study coronaviruses or design antiviral therapies are grinding away at their research like…
Trump expands coronavirus travel ban to U.K. and Ireland, hints at domestic restrictions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Saturday announced it would prevent non-Americans in the U.K….
Opinion: Medical students can help combat Covid-19. Don’t send them home
Last week, while seeing a patient in the emergency department of Stanford Hospital, I witnessed…
Thermo Fisher to produce millions of coronavirus diagnostic tests
Thermo Fisher, the largest maker of scientific tools, said Friday it plans to produce up…
Hospital workers across the U.S. present sharply different pictures of their preparedness for the coronavirus
U.S. hospitals are bracing for an onslaught of patients sickened by the new coronavirus, shoring…
Coronavirus testing is starting to get better — but it has a long way to go
Friday morning a ray of light cracked through the ominous cloud of the pandemic caused…
There are several ways to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus. Here are the powers they unlock
WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to declare the Covid-19 pandemic a national emergency on…
A new paper about a Gilead drug to combat coronavirus has some analysts skittish about success
As anticipation mounts over the prospects for an experimental Gilead Sciences (GILD) drug to combat…
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How one company made $208 million on an untested coronavirus vaccine
Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), a drug company that has existed for four decades without developing an…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Drug makers scramble to develop Covid-19 vaccines; Qiagen vows to ramp up production of test chemical
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: How Instagram gave hope to a mother — and her daughter’s doctor
I am not a fan of Instagram. As a physician who grew up and trained…
Opinion: Mending the broken social contract for pharmaceutical pricing and innovation
The biopharmaceutical industry is under unprecedented assault by the public and politicians. Hostility over launch…
Her son died. Two decades later, she met the medical student who got his heart
The young man handed her a stethoscope, opened his shirt, and pointed to where she…
STAT Plus: Will Trump’s new plan to cap insulin costs in Medicare actually save seniors much money? It’s complicated
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration claims its newest plan to cap insulin copays could solve…
Listen: Voices from the coronavirus pandemic, in Italy, New York, and the high seas
How long will this pandemic persist? Are U.S. hospitals going to be overwhelmed? And what’s…
Why Trump’s coronavirus speech, designed to calm, deepened panic
President Donald Trump’s televised address on Wednesday was clearly aimed at calming the U.S. public,…
STAT Plus: Two dead, four hospitalized after receiving Open Biome stool transplants
Two people died and four were hospitalized after they received stool transplants from OpenBiome, the…
A quarantined Ted Cruz proposes to speed approvals for coronavirus drugs and vaccines
Although Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas.) is quarantined at home after coming into contact with someone…
STAT Plus: Kymera announces $102 million in new funding to develop treatments for diseases such as blood cancers
Four years after it was founded, Kymera Therapeutics said Thursday that it has now raised…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: A move to fund U.S. production of pharma ingredients; White House issues ‘principles’ for drug pricing reform
Good morning, everyone, and how are you today? We are coping, thank you, despite the…
Opinion: When surgery becomes ‘women’s work’: the devaluation of gynecologic specialties
For much of the 20th century, the work of medicine in the U.S. was performed…
Opinion: Covid-19 will be the ultimate stress test for electronic health record systems
Just as the levees of New Orleans stood little chance against the wrath of Hurricane…
Q&A: How to care for the elderly without putting them at risk of coronavirus
While the coronavirus outbreak poses health risks for everyone, officials have made clear that the…
7 reasons why it’s hard to control your coronavirus anxiety
The novel coronavirus has a long list of terrifying characteristics, spurring people from Japan to…
STAT Plus: Hospitals turn to big tech companies to store and analyze their data — leaving patients in the dark on privacy protections
The nation’s largest hospital systems are rapidly shifting sensitive health data into cloud storage platforms…
STAT Plus: Engage touts long-awaited positive data for its inhaler for seizures
After scrabbling for early financing, Engage Therapeutics has some positive clinical data to show the…
Trump suspends travel from Europe for 30 days in response to coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said the United States would suspend travel from Europe…
Researchers rush to test coronavirus vaccine in people without knowing how well it works in animals
As they race to test an experimental coronavirus vaccine, researchers aren’t waiting to see how…
STAT Plus: Danish regulator eyes sanctions — including prison time — against trial sponsors that fail to post results
In the latest effort toward greater clinical trial transparency, the Danish Medicines Agency is threatening…
Opinion: The spread of Covid-19 and the Boston Marathon: We can run another day
It’s my job to think about the novel coronavirus. As a journalist at STAT, I’ve…