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Vaccine registration technology is failing. Here’s how the Biden administration could fix it
The crashes of online vaccine scheduling systems have become a sad symbol of how technology…
Opinion: Businesses across the supply chain must work together to make Covid-19 vaccines
As a scientist leading a company focused on RNA, I have cheered Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna,…
Opinion: With Covid-19, ‘vaccine nationalism’ is a worrisome trend
Just after New Year’s Day, regulators in India granted authorization for restricted use to Bharat…
Watch: How — and why — coronaviruses mutate
Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is mutating all the time. Recently…
Amid last minute changes and funding shortfalls, Biden adviser predicts a slow start to the ‘100 million vaccines in 100 days’ goal
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is promising to administer 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine…
Covid-19 deaths are the highest they’ve ever been — and the more infectious variants could make things much worse
As horrific as the U.S. Covid-19 outbreak looks right now, it is almost certainly about…
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Data fuel debate over whether J&J’s one-dose Covid vaccine will measure up
Johnson & Johnson published updated early data on its Covid-19 vaccine Wednesday, showing that it…
Biden’s Covid-19 team reconsiders pandemic plan in light of more infectious coronavirus variants
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden will address growing concerns about new, more transmissible coronavirus variants as…
Opinion: Keep Covid-19 vaccination decisions out of the courtroom
Given the mounting frustration over the slow pace of vaccinations, yesterday’s HHS announcement broadening the…
U.S. plan to expand access to Covid-19 vaccine likely sets up new debacles
As health authorities across the country struggle to get Covid-19 vaccination programs up and running,…
Opinion: ICE must provide Covid-19 vaccines to all detained migrants
After months of public health and political debates on vaccine prioritization for incarcerated populations, Covid-19…
Scott Atlas, controversial former Trump adviser, deletes Twitter account
Scott Atlas, the radiologist who served for much of 2020 as President Trump’s most controversial…
Opinion: To make Covid-19 exposure apps work, integrate them with existing popular apps like Facebook
The beginning of the end of the Covid-19 pandemic may be at hand in the…
Opinion: States and hospitals: overhaul your vaccine plans with data before it’s too late
The first phase of the vaccine rollout, which is supposed to deliver shots to roughly…
For people with type 1 diabetes, CDC guidelines for Covid-19 vaccine priority are puzzling
Laura Woerner has diligently managed her type 1 diabetes since she was diagnosed at age…
Opinion: Even during a pandemic, hospitals must make family visits and communication the standard of care
Since the start of the pandemic, nearly 340,000 Americans have died of Covid-19, many of…
Most patients hospitalized for Covid-19 still have symptoms six months later, China study finds
Three-quarters of Covid-19 patients still have at least one symptom six months after first falling…
Biden’s plan to end policy of keeping Covid vaccine doses in reserve is the first step in a difficult journey
The transition team of President-elect Joseph Biden has taken its first step to re-examine the…
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine not affected by mutation seen in contagious coronavirus variant, study indicates
A mutation found in fast-spreading coronavirus variants does not negate the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer…
Listen: Biden’s plans for biopharma, a CES preview, & the next phase of the pandemic
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Opinion: Along with vaccine rollouts, the U.S. needs a National Hi-Fi Mask Initiative
Though the first Covid-19 vaccines are now being given to health care workers, other frontline…
Opinion: Wastewater-based epidemiology: a 20-year journey may pay off for Covid-19
When I entered public service in 1991 as a research scientist with the Environmental Protection…
Scientists are monitoring a coronavirus mutation that could affect the strength of vaccines
As scientists try to track the spread of a new, more infectious coronavirus variant around…
Operation Warp Speed’s Moncef Slaoui will stay on as a consultant for Biden
WASHINGTON — Moncef Slaoui, the controversial head of Operation Warp Speed, will serve as a…
CDC reports more allergic reactions to Covid-19 vaccines, but cases remain few
Twenty-nine people in the United States have developed anaphylaxis after being vaccinated against Covid-19 since…
Opinion: 5 scenarios for containing the Covid-19 pandemic and returning to a ‘new normal’
“When will this pandemic be over so we can return to normal life and an…
For people with OCD — and fearful of germs — the pandemic is upending years of therapy
Long before the pandemic arrived, Renée battled intense fears of getting sick from daily life….
Messonnier: The slow vaccine rollout should speed up ‘pretty massively’ in coming weeks
Nancy Messonnier, a top federal health official involved in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, predicted…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A (continued) conversation on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Opinion: Decades of basic research paved the way for today’s ‘warp speed’ Covid-19 vaccines
The emergency use authorizations of mRNA vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the likely gradual…
Biden’s appointment of a health disparities adviser is historic. But her impact will depend on how the White House empowers her
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden’s slate of high-level health care appointments includes an unprecedented selection: The…
Opinion: Instead of debating ‘first-shot’ vs. ‘set-aside’ vaccine approaches, hospitals’ study should compare them
The FDA authorizations of two Covid-19 vaccines so far specify two-shot regimens, spaced three weeks…
How it started: A Q&A with Helen Branswell, one year after Covid-19 became a full-time job
Before the virus that causes Covid-19 had a name — before Covid-19 itself had a name…
‘Still waiting for my turn’: Primary care doctors are being left behind in the vaccine rollout
In March, Marc Price set up a tent outside his primary care practice in Malta,…
Britain takes a gamble with Covid-19 vaccines, upping the stakes for the rest of us
In an extraordinary time, British health authorities are taking extraordinary measures to beat back Covid-19….
Five key milestones in the Covid-19 pandemic that we’re anticipating in 2021
On the first day of fall, STAT published its best guesses of 30 moments to…
Pfizer and BioNTech speed up timeline for offering Covid-19 to placebo volunteers
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech plan to start offering their Covid-19 vaccine to clinical trial…
Opinion: As a doctor in the Covid-19 era, I’ve learned that judging patients’ decisions comes easier than it should
Mrs. Gomes, my umpteenth patient of the day, is an older woman — only slightly…
With limited surveillance of Covid-19 variant, it’s déjà vu all over again
As health officials in the United States announced a second and possibly a third person…
Opinion: Stopping the syndemic: Covid-19 plus other debilitating and deadly diseases
With Covid-19 vaccines beginning to be distributed in the United States and other countries, and…
As a nurse, she knew the daily traumas of Covid-19. Then her father landed in her ICU
Even on his second trip to the emergency room, Tom McNamara wasn’t especially afraid of…
Public health experts grow frustrated with pace of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
WASHINGTON — Some public health experts are expressing mounting frustration with the pace of the…
Explanations for ‘long Covid’ remain elusive. For now, believing patients and treating symptoms is the best doctors can do
Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the perplexing problems of Covid-19 long-haulers seem no…
3 global health issues to watch in 2021
In December 2018, when I set out to write about the global health issues the…
STAT+: 3 biotech trends to watch
For biotech companies, 2020 could have been a lot worse than it was, all things…
The curse of the incidental illness: Seen as side effects to Covid vaccinations, ailments may have little to do with them
As Covid-19 vaccines go into broad use, some rare side effects of vaccination will almost…
Opinion: STAT+: ‘There are a lot of potential Modernas’: The ‘Massachusetts Miracle’ is alive and well
With the Moderna vaccine, Massachusetts is having a moment. Ours is a story not about…
Opinion: Routine testing is essential to combat Covid-19 surges
As the latest surge in Covid-19 cases pushes cases and deaths higher — nearly 18…
Opinion: My first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine got me thinking about time
I received my first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on a Wednesday, as soon…