Facing medical supply shortages, Trump invokes wartime law that could give government authority over private manufacturing
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said he would invoke the Defense Production Act, a…
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Trump lifts restrictions on telehealth services for seniors in hopes of limiting coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday announced an unprecedented expansion of telehealth services for…
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…
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…
WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging…
CDC developing serologic tests that could reveal full scope of U.S. coronavirus outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing tests that could provide public health…
FDA halts inspections of foreign plants through April due to coronavirus
The ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to…
PhRMA closes its D.C. headquarters after visitor tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON — The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the Washington lobbying arm for the…
Top Biogen execs were present at meeting where attendees had Covid-19
Biogen’s CEO, chief financial officer, and head of research and development were among those at…
Covid-19 epidemic forces cancellation of HIMSS health tech conference
The health care technology trade group HIMSS has canceled its annual conference for the first…
Washington State risks seeing explosion in coronavirus without dramatic action, new analysis says
The coronavirus outbreak in the Seattle area is at a critical juncture and could see…
New Covid-19 death raises concerns about virus spread in nursing homes
Washington state reported on Saturday the first death in the U.S. from the new coronavirus,…
Trump administration expands coronavirus travel ban to include Iran
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Saturday announced it would expand an existing ban on…
California reports a second coronavirus case, likely from community spread
Health authorities in California have discovered a second person infected with the new coronavirus who…
FDA approves a generic version of the drug Martin Shkreli monopolized
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a generic version of Daraprim, the anti-infective…
Trump taps Pence to lead U.S. coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said he had appointed Vice President Mike Pence to…
CDC expects ‘community spread’ of coronavirus, as top official warns disruptions could be ‘severe’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned that it expects the novel…
STAT Plus: Roche confirms departure of gene therapy pioneer Kathy High
Kathy High, a gene therapy pioneer who led the development of a treatment for a…
Sanofi announces it will work with HHS to develop coronavirus vaccine
The drug maker Sanofi Pasteur is entering the race to develop a vaccine to protect…
Disease caused by the novel coronavirus officially has a name: Covid-19.
The disease caused by the novel coronavirus has a name: Covid-19. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the…
Biogen wins patent challenge to key multiple sclerosis drug
A U.S. appeals panel on Wednesday denied a patent challenge against Biogen’s multiple sclerosis drug…
U.S. declares public health emergency over coronavirus, bans travel from China by foreign nationals
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday declared a U.S. public health emergency over the…
U.S. to quarantine all U.S. citizens evacuated from Wuhan, as CDC raises pandemic possibility
U.S. health officials said Friday they would forcibly quarantine 195 U.S. citizens who were evacuated…
Study documents first case of coronavirus spread by a person showing no symptoms
People showing no symptoms appear to be able to spread the novel coronavirus that has…
WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus a global…
CDC confirms first known case of person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in U.S.
U.S. health officials say a person from Illinois who was infected with the new coronavirus…
WHO to reconvene emergency committee to assess global coronavirus threat
The leader of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he will convene another meeting of…
Martin Shkreli is sued by the FTC and NY attorney general for illegally cornering a market
More than four years after Martin Shkreli incensed Americans by raising the price of a…
CDC reports second U.S. case of novel virus spreading in China
A second case of the new infection emerging from China has been discovered in the…
Four ‘generations’ of spread seen with virus in China, alarming experts
Emerging data on the new virus circulating in China adds to evidence there is sustained…
WHO declines to declare China virus outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Thursday declined to designate the ongoing outbreak of a novel…
CDC expected to detail first U.S. case of novel virus spreading in China
A person in Washington state has been diagnosed with a novel infection racing through China,…
WHO raises possibility of ‘sustained’ human-to-human transmission of new virus in China
The World Health Organization on Tuesday raised the possibility that the new virus spreading in…
China reports sharp rise in case of novel virus amid growing concerns of person-to-person transmission
The number of cases of a novel virus in China has escalated sharply, with authorities…
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Former Rep. Chris Collins sentenced to 26 months in prison in biotech insider trading scheme
Chris Collins, a former Republican lawmaker and longtime ally of President Trump, was sentenced Friday…
U.S. to begin health screenings at three airports for cases of novel Chinese virus
U.S. authorities on Friday are set to begin screening travelers arriving in the country from…
He Jiankui, who created world’s first CRISPR’d babies, sentenced to three years in prison
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced He Jiankui, the scientist who made the world’s first…
FDA approves an Ebola vaccine, long in development, for the first time
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it has approved an Ebola vaccine developed by…
FDA approves Amarin fish-oil-derived drug to prevent heart attacks and strokes
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded the approval of Vascepa, a fish-oil-derived medicine,…
FDA changes course on Sarepta’s once-rejected muscular dystrophy drug
The Food and Drug Administration reversed its decision on a treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy…
STAT Plus: New data show Bluebird, Bristol CAR-T drug could be pioneering myeloma therapy. Competitors may be close behind
ORLANDO, Fla. — On the eve of a major blood disease research meeting here, Bluebird…
Four Ebola-response workers killed in attacks, forcing withdrawal from critical DRC region
Four people working for the Ebola containment effort in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…