Clinicians raise concerns over pilot of blood test for multiple cancers
Cancer alliances across England are preparing to pilot the multi-cancer early detection (MCED) test Galleri—a…
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Flu, Covid vaccination rates decline, as U.S. health officials make new push for inoculations
Vaccination rates against flu and Covid-19 have declined since earlier in the pandemic and a…
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STAT+: U.S. government’s next-gen Covid effort gives small biotech up to $433 million
The U.S. government’s “Project Nextgen,” its effort to accelerate and streamline the rapid development of…
Opinion: Paxlovid is not fully accessible to those who need it most: the immunocompromised
The pandemic is over for most of the world. But for the 2.7% of adults…
Rollout of Covid vaccines is bumpy, but not unexpected, experts say
The latest rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has been messy, with people facing more challenges getting…
Pfizer RSV vaccine wins recommendation for seasonal use only
Pfizer’s new shot to protect infants against respiratory syncytial virus by vaccinating their mothers late…
Senate HELP on collision course
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Legally blocked: the right to health
Are covid and long covid occupational diseases? The testimonies of health professionals who work long…
Free Covid tests will be offered again to all U.S. households
The federal government is again offering free Covid-19 tests to Americans, providing a fifth round…
Does the risk of getting long Covid increase each time you get reinfected?
More than three years into the coronavirus pandemic, fewer and fewer people are experiencing their…
Covid-19: Florida governor tells under 65s to shun boosters against national guidance
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has recommended that the state’s residents under 65 shun the new…
Covid-19: Drug companies charged South Africa high prices for vaccines, contracts reveal
South Africa’s government, desperate to secure covid vaccines when wealthy nations had reserved most of…
Listen: Covid’s latest surge, Alnylam at the FDA, & the end of an era
What does Covid-19 have in store for the winter? When are good data not good…
Opinion: Long Covid is a new name for an old syndrome
Long Covid goes by many names. Today, it is no longer a new public health enigma,…
Authors’ reply to Oke and Welch
We thank Oke and Welch for their response.1The aim of our study2 is to provide…
New Covid vaccine is recommended by CDC for everyone 6 months or older
A panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 13-1 Tuesday…
Breast cancer: conflating case fatality with mortality
While we agree with Taylor and colleagues that the prognosis for women with breast cancer…
STAT+: New obesity drugs are in the works trying to out-blockbuster Wegovy and Mounjaro
The exploding popularity of drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro has propelled dozens of companies to…
STAT+: Here are the dozens of weight loss drugs in development to catch a booming market
The blazing success of weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro has electrified the pursuit…
FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines
The Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it had greenlit two updated Covid-19 booster shots…
Amid another rise in cases, Covid’s new normal has set in
Among people who are still paying attention to Covid-19, there’s been a recent surge —…
How a supplement company became a haven for health misinformation
On a Friday afternoon in July, as many New Yorkers fled the scorching city streets,…
Three lessons from Covid that could help global leaders prevent the next pandemic
Everyone has things that, looking back, they would have done differently in the early days…
Vaccine experts urge more inclusivity in clinical trials
The recently approved RSV vaccines have been celebrated as key public health tools, but some…
Cancer charity questions NHS England’s claim that waiting times are improving
A UK cancer charity has challenged NHS England over its use of statistics, claiming that…
How a ‘weighted lottery’ helped underserved patients get a scarce Covid drug
In the midst of the Covid-19 surge during the winter of 2021, the Pittsburgh-based UPMC…
Covid-19 and flu boosters to start earlier than planned, with extra funding for GPs
The government has reversed its decision to delay England’s covid and influenza vaccination campaigns for…
Opinion: It’s long past time for a more comprehensive Covid treatment approach
Because Covid cases and hospitalizations are no longer front-page news, many Americans might be surprised…
Covid-19: Families sue former health secretary over care home and hospital deaths
Families whose relatives died in care homes and hospitals in the early weeks of the…
U.S. health officials lay out plans to cope with respiratory virus season
With last fall’s chaotic early start to the respiratory virus season still fresh in the…
Covid-19: Scientists sound alarm over new BA.2.86 “Pirola” variant
A new SARS-CoV-2 subvariant with a high number of mutations that could help it neutralise…
New study suggests people who tested negative for Covid-19 can still develop long Covid
Of the 103 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the U.S., an estimated one-third have…
CDC says it’s too soon to assess risk posed by new Covid subvariant
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it’s too early to tell whether…
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STAT+: Eli Lilly CEO donates big to Mike Pence presidential super PAC
WASHINGTON — David Ricks, who leads Eli Lilly, made a major early donation to a…
FDA approves Pfizer’s RSV vaccine designed to protect newborns by immunizing parent
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a Pfizer vaccine that aims to protect…
How do UK broadcast media deal with covid misinformation?
Covid-19 may no longer lead the UK media’s news agenda, but concern about covid misinformation…
Covid and flu boosters to start in October to “maximise” protection, says NHS England
England’s autumn covid and influenza vaccination campaigns for adults will start in October this year,…
Long term risk of death and readmission after hospital admission with covid-19 among older adults: retrospective cohort study
AbstractObjectivesTo characterize the long term risk of death and hospital readmission after an index admission…
Covid-19: Hospital admissions rise in England amid fears of new variant and waning immunity
The number of hospital admissions for covid-19 is rising across England, latest figures show. Experts…
Covid-19: Latin America defies nationalism and circumstance to develop its own vaccines
When the pandemic shook the world in 2020, Argentina, like many countries, went into full…
Covid-19: US agency launches raft of clinical trials of treatments for long covid
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a series of clinical trials of…
Covid-19: Leaked cremation data hint at true scale of China’s death rate
Cremation figures released and then quickly withdrawn by authorities in China’s Zhejiang province appear to…
US ends funding for China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on 17 July that it…
Covid-19: Bring back mandatory mask wearing in health settings, say Scottish workers
Decisions taken to end the universal wearing of face masks in hospitals and doctors’ surgeries…
Tackling covid-19 variants
Japan announced on 26 June 2023 that it may have entered its ninth wave of…
Did covid-19 come from a lab leak in China?
Why is the laboratory leak theory in the news again?As a mystery with no definitive…
Assessing resilience of a health system is difficult but necessary to prepare for the next crisis
Health systems must constantly prepare for crises that threaten their operations. These include shocks that…
Covid-19 inquiry: Brexit blamed for diverting focus away from pandemic planning
Last week’s covid-19 inquiry hearings picked up where they left off, with politicians shirking any…
Malaria cases in Florida and Texas: Here’s what you need to know
The five cases of malaria diagnosed in Florida and Texas in recent weeks — the…
National Cancer Research Institute to close in “another blow” to UK research community
The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), a UK wide partnership between cancer research funders, has…