Republicans love RFK Jr. What does that tell us about their health platforms in 2024?
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidates are polishing off their best barbs and attack lines for…
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STAT+: South Africa ordered to disclose contracts with Pfizer, J&J, and other Covid-19 vaccine makers
A South African court ruled the government must disclose contracts signed with pharmaceutical companies for…
Covid took a toll on heart health — and doctors are still grappling with how to help
ST. LOUIS — Firefighter and paramedic Mike Camilleri once had no trouble hauling heavy gear…
Study mapping how SARS-CoV-2 disrupts mitochondria suggests a cause for long Covid
In yet another example of Covid’s seemingly limitless reach into our bodies, new research maps…
‘Underwhelming’: NIH trials fail to test meaningful long Covid treatments — after 2.5 years and $1 billion
More than 2.5 years after the National Institutes of Health received a $1 billion mandate…
STAT+: Beleaguered drug manufacturer Emergent cuts jobs, executive role in business shake-up
Emergent Biosciences, the manufacturing company that fell into hot water in 2021 due to a…
Infectious disease expert Jeanne Marrazzo assumes Fauci role at NIH
WASHINGTON – University of Alabama infectious disease director Jeanne Marrazzo will be the National Institutes…
NIH begins long-delayed clinical trials for long Covid, announces new research office
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health on Monday took long-delayed steps to begin enrolling patients…
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National panel will explore requiring free Covid tests
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force will discuss recommending Covid-19 screening, the first…
Listen: Why Covid-19 wasn’t the ‘great equalizer’
When the Covid-19 pandemic began in 2020, some experts assumed the virus would affect everyone…
STAT+: White House launches permanent pandemic office
WASHINGTON – The White House on Friday launched its pandemic preparedness office, half a year…
STAT+: FDA official pushes for a dedicated emerging pathogens team to prepare for the next pandemic
WASHINGTON — A top Food and Drug Administration official wants Congress to dedicate full-time staff…
Opinion: Gain-of-function research is about much more than dangerous pathogens
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve heard a lot about gain-of-function research, and…
Genetic cheat code might explain why some people catch Covid but never get sick
In the earliest days of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the new coronavirus still appeared to…
Democrats press government to extend free Covid-19 tests indefinitely
WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic senators is pressing a national panel to make a…
In N.C., Mandy Cohen built bridges to GOP. Can she find consensus as new CDC director?
Mandy Cohen, who this week became the new director of the Centers for Disease Control…
Opinion: A bipartisan opportunity to strengthen America’s pandemic security
In 2006, when many Americans had barely heard the word “coronavirus,” Congress passed the Pandemic…
STAT+: House panel expected to mark up pandemic-preparedness bill next week
WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee will next week mark up a package of public health…
Opinion: It’s past time to address the problem of indoor air quality. A new technology can help
Until the early 20th century, America regularly experienced brutally destructive urban fires. Conflagrations like the…
Opinion: Peter Hotez is not alone: Online harassment of doctors is a public health issue
Father’s Day weekend was anything but calm on Twitter, which erupted as vaccine expert Peter…
Opinion: Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams: Prioritize new antivirals for Covid
The U.S. Covid-19 Public Health Emergency declaration may have ended, but the virus remains. Now is…
FDA advisers endorse updating Covid vaccines to target latest Omicron strain
The Covid-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Today’s vaccines…
CDC’s Walensky parries Republican criticism over Biden’s Covid response
WASHINGTON — One of the very last duties of one of President Biden’s very first…
How the public health lessons of Covid can help Americans protect themselves from wildfire smoke
An unusually early and ferocious outbreak of forest fires across Canada has sent unprecedented amounts…
CDC comes under fire for inadequate information about its Covid response
WASHINGTON – Republicans aren’t impressed with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s reorganization plan,…
Opinion: When should hospitals require masks?
Is the pandemic over? On the one hand, Covid-19 is clearly still with us. In…
Opinion: Four communication lessons we learned the hard way during the pandemic
Now that the Covid-19 public health emergency has ended, it’s awfully tempting to put the…
House Republicans demand career scientist explain pathogen research
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are ratcheting up pressure on federal agencies’ pandemic response with an…
STAT+: Learning to treat long COVID could help those struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome, too
CONCORD, N.H. — Veronica Dane had always been active, from playing soccer as a kid…
FDA budget battles, prisons’ sobering Covid response & BIO’s CEO search is on
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‘Worse than what we thought’: New data reveals deeper problems with the Bureau of Prisons’ Covid response
WASHINGTON — The incarcerated people at Federal Medical Center Devens should have been some of…
Opinion: How ‘Lessons From the Covid War’ falls short
The stream of books about the government response to the pandemic that began with Michael…
Key House Democrat demands NIH answer for pace of long Covid research
WASHINGTON — A powerful Democratic lawmaker is interrogating the National Institutes of Health over its…
“I don’t see this as an end to the pandemic”: Ashish Jha on the end of Covid public health emergency
On the eve of the expiration date for the federally declared coronavirus public health emergency,…
Who’s in charge of the White House Covid response after the emergency ends?
WASHINGTON — The White House isn’t quite ready to launch its new pandemic response office…
Does the end of Covid emergency declarations mean the pandemic is over?
If you have been looking for a sense of pandemic closure, the World Health Organization’s…
CDC to cut back on Covid data it collects as public health emergency ends
The ending of the public health emergency for Covid-19 will force the Centers for Disease…
What explains rare heart condition among young men after Covid vaccines? A new study offers clues
A new study sheds light on what may be causing very rare cases of heart…
WHO declares end to Covid global health emergency
The World Health Organization ended the Covid-19 global health emergency on Friday, saying it was…
STAT+: Senator pushes NIH for ‘formal’ review of Covid response
WASHINGTON — Republicans continued to press top health officials on the coronavirus response during a…
Covid and mpox are here to stay, but the WHO’s emergencies may be nearing an end
Over the next week or so, the World Health Organization may declare a formal end…
Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking, surgeon general warns
WASHINGTON — Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen…
Opinion: Do masks work? Randomized controlled trials are the worst way to answer the question
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, before we had vaccines and effective medical procedures, the only…
Q&A: Chronicling the failures of the U.S. response to Covid
A new book on the U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic paints a picture of…
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The NIH has poured $1 billion into long Covid research — with little to show for it
WASHINGTON — The federal government has burned through more than $1 billion to study long…
CDC advisory panel backs changes to Covid vaccination policy
An expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccination policy…
FDA says older adults and the immunocompromised may get a spring booster dose of Covid vaccine
People aged 65 and older and those who are immunocompromised will be allowed to receive…
The Biden administration will hang on to some Covid pandemic emergency powers
WASHINGTON — Even though the Biden administration is ending its highest-profile Covid-19 emergency declaration next…
Where is the White House’s new pandemic response office?
WASHINGTON — In the wake of a pandemic that claimed more than 1 million American lives,…
‘If we don’t, others will’: White House Covid adviser calls on doctors to combat a vacuum of medical information
WALTHAM, Mass. — The coordinator of the Biden administration’s Covid-19 response team called on doctors…