Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine generates robust antibody response in children, without serious safety issues, company says
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said Monday that they would file for authorization of their…
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Opinion: Seeing the butterfly effect in hospital transfers for Covid-19 patients
Can a young man with Covid-19 pneumonia in the emergency department of an Oklahoma hospital…
Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms
Winter is coming, again. A year ago, experts warned that the United States faced a…
FDA advisory panel recommends against booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine for most Americans
For live coverage of the FDA advisory panel hearing, click here. An advisory panel to…
What will the Covid-19 booster roll out look like? Public health groups plan as they await details
Health agencies, providers, and other groups tasked with the herculean effort to vaccinate the public…
Tracking the FDA advisory panel meeting on Covid-19 booster shots
Do most Americans already need Covid-19 booster shots, or at least will they soon? Those…
Listen: Futuristic prosthetics, a treatment for ALS, & intrigue at the Holmes trial
Can prosthetic limbs feel real? Is the FDA softening under pressure? And are Rice Krispies…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA scientists skeptical on boosters; moderate Democrats sink Pelosi’s drug pricing proposal
Good morning, all, I hope everyone is off to a good start. Ed is out…
Opinion: Beyond ‘vaccinopia’: Rapid tests should play a larger role in Biden’s Covid-19 plan
America is suffering from a serious case of vaccinopia: an inability to look beyond shots…
FDA scientists strike skeptical tone on need for Covid-19 vaccine booster at this time, likely fueling debate
Food and Drug Administration scientists have expressed skepticism about the need for additional doses of…
A conversation with Bill Gates on how public health has fared in the midst of the pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has, of course, been devastating over the past year. But by other…
FDA vaccine regulators argue against Covid-19 vaccine boosters in new international review
A group of international experts — including, notably, two outgoing Food and Drug Administration vaccine…
A vaccine veteran steps away from the NIH, looking out toward the world
In early January 2020, most of the world hadn’t yet awakened to the fact that…
Biden administration releases $25 billion in Covid relief for providers after months of delay
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday announced plans to release more than $25 billion to…
Any qualms about an extra Covid vaccine dose? STAT readers respond
Covid-19 vaccine boosters continue to stir controversy as most of the world seeks a first…
Listen: Verily’s moment of truth, Aduhelm’s rocky rollout, & the problem with Covid testing
Are we ever getting that Tricorder? Why’s it so hard to find Covid-19 tests? And…
How the Delta variant’s remarkable ability to replicate threw new twists into the Covid-19 pandemic
One of the key reasons the Delta variant has ignited new surges of Covid-19 infections across…
Moderna turns to biotech startup to ramp up Covid vaccine manufacturing
Moderna will turn to a biotech startup, National Resilience, to manufacture additional doses of its…
Opinion: Listen: A scientist-parent on heading back-to-school with Delta
Alicia Zhou was worried about sending her son, Davi, to in-person first grade this year,…
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CEPI warns of major hurdle to developing new Covid-19 vaccines and studying best booster approaches
The world still needs more — and better — Covid-19 vaccines. But a major hurdle stands…
How the risk of side effects could change with Covid-19 vaccine boosters
Additional doses of Covid-19 vaccines are likely rolling out in the United States later this…
Visualizing how fast the pandemic is getting better or worse, state by state
Well over a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, visualizations of case data have become ubiquitous….
The White House wants $65 billion for an Apollo-style pandemic preparedness program
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday unveiled a sweeping new biosecurity plan, outlining a…
Opinion: ‘Reentry’ after cancer treatment offers lessons for emerging from the pandemic
An interesting and important period in the life of cancer survivors begins when major treatments,…
Listen: Elizabeth Holmes on trial, FDA in disarray, & the quest for Covid antivirals
Does the Theranos trial actually matter? Is the FDA coming unglued? And what can prescription…
Vaccination reduces risk of long Covid, even when people are infected, U.K. study indicates
People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 appear to have a much lower likelihood of…
Opinion: Two insurance-based ways to get more Americans vaccinated
With 40% of Americans completely unvaccinated against Covid-19 — blame it on political polarization, virulent…
Biden pledged to ‘follow the science.’ But experts say he’s sometimes fallen short
WASHINGTON — It’s a mantra that President Biden has repeated since the early days of…
STAT+: Two top FDA officials in charge of Covid-19 vaccines to leave agency this fall
WASHINGTON — The two officials in charge of leading the FDA’s review of coronavirus vaccine…
Inside Pfizer’s labs, ‘variant hunters’ race to stay ahead of the pandemic’s next twist
PEARL RIVER, N.Y. — Delta was tearing its way through India and, as the death…
Opinion: I was once a hardcore anti-vaxxer. Now I try to nudge people to get the Covid-19 vaccine
I open the email from a Facebook friend who recently told me they were against…
Opinion: It’s easy to judge the unvaccinated. As a doctor, I see a better alternative
I don’t ask “Why?” when a patient with Covid-19 tells me they are unvaccinated for…
‘Tired of worrying’: As some parents press for vaccines off-label, pediatricians call for patience
Just hours after the Food and Drug Administration announced full approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19…
Listen: Vaccine mandates, biotech’s messy summer, & a pharmaceutical thriller
What’s standing in the way of mandatory Covid-19 vaccination? Is biotech in a credibility crisis?…
Opinion: Expanding the domestic public health supply chain is a matter of national security
One of the many hard lessons learned from Covid-19 has been that a robust and…
Opinion: New antivirals are sorely needed. A public-private partnership can get us there
The U.S. government’s announcement that it is investing $3 billion into research on antiviral medicines…
Opinion: Ivermectin for Covid-19: abundance of hype, dearth of evidence
Here’s a tip for navigating the constantly evolving data on treatments for Covid-19: Beware when…
The WHO is looking for experts to help investigate the origins of pathogens — including the coronavirus
The Covid-19 pandemic has elevated scrutiny over how pathogens leap into humans like no crisis…
Covid-19 vaccines flirted with perfection at first. Reality is more complicated
When Covid-19 vaccines were reported last fall to be roughly 95% effective at preventing symptomatic…
As Delta spread, Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness against infection fell from 90% to 66% in one key study
The effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines at preventing infection fell in one study of U.S. frontline…
Opinion: Florida doctor: This devastating Covid surge didn’t need to happen
I recently came across a photo of myself in late December 2020 getting my first…
Opinion: As Delta spreads, it’s time to put children’s health first
As pediatricians, we are committed to putting children’s health first. Last year, though, when hospitals…
To boost Covid-19 vaccine uptake, one health system hunts for patients who fell through the cracks
As public health leaders double down on their efforts to get shots to the 30%…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversation: Covid in the classroom: Keeping your kids safe
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
FDA grants full approval to Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer, BioNTech
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted full approval to the Covid-19 vaccine developed…
Opinion: We know how to keep kids safe from Covid-19 in school. Now we need to do it
I live with someone who hasn’t been vaccinated against Covid-19. He’s my first-grader. Like all…
A lucky few seem ‘resistant’ to Covid-19. Scientists want to know why
Her husband collapsed just before reaching the top of the stairs in their small one-bedroom…
Opinion: Delay of British chronic fatigue syndrome guidelines are a setback for people with long Covid
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), a British agency charged with developing…
Opinion: Covid-19 booster shot distribution must learn from vaccine roll-out mistakes
With news that Covid-19 booster shots are in Americans’ imminent future, the chaos and uncertainty…
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Kindergarten or ‘Russian roulette’? To some parents, the Delta variant and lax mask rules make those one and the same
Her daughter just started kindergarten. Or, as she called it, “Russian roulette.” That’s because the…