Scientists are reporting several cases of Covid-19 reinfection — but the implications are complicated
Following the news this week of what appears to have been the first confirmed case…
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Moderna failed to disclose federal funding for vaccine patent applications, advocates say
An advocacy group has asked the Department of Defense to investigate what it called “an…
Plan to expand global access to Covid-19 vaccines nears fish-or-cut-bait moment
The coming few weeks represent a crucial moment for an ambitious plan to try to…
Conservative operative ousted as FDA spokeswoman after just 11 days
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration removed a top Food and Drug Administration communications official from…
Opinion: My severe Covid-19: It felt like dying in solitary confinement
Covid-19 is teaching everyone in medicine lessons about health care and public health. Mine have…
Fear, dread, and panic: Some Covid-19 survivors feel stalked by possibility of reinfection
Since Covid-19 flattened him in Southern California in late June, Jarrod Castillo fears that every…
Trump pledges a Covid-19 vaccine by end of 2020 — without acknowledging the scientific uncertainty
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday pledged a Covid-19 vaccine would be available by the…
The FDA’s chaotic week, Trump’s effect on science, and Musk’s big reveal
Can the Food and Drug Administration survive Trump? Are drug reviewers in the deep state?…
Immigration status, housing, and food-service work explain Covid-19’s burden on Latinos
A new analysis of one state’s Covid-19 data lays bare some of the reasons behind…
NIH awards grant to EcoHealth Alliance, months after uproar over political interference
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a grant to EcoHealth Alliance, a non-profit organization…
CDC director attempts to clarify controversial Covid-19 testing guidelines
CDC Director Robert Redfield attempted Thursday to clarify a set of controversial changes to the…
Opinion: Using telehealth to revolutionize the speed of making rare disease diagnoses
For a person living with a rare disease, it can take five years or longer…
Trump has launched an all-out attack on the FDA. Will its scientific integrity survive?
WASHINGTON — President Trump has instigated an all-out crusade against the Food and Drug Administration…
New Covid-19 testing guidelines, crafted at the White House, alarm public health experts
Public health experts reacted with alarm Wednesday to new Covid-19 testing guidelines issued by the…
Opinion: Americans aren’t listening to coronavirus warnings because the messaging is wrong
Images of bars and restaurants packed with maskless people fill the news along with new…
A dilemma for ‘long-haulers’: Many can’t prove they ever had Covid-19
As the coronavirus pandemic rolls on, an unknown number of seemingly recovered patients are experiencing…
STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with 23andMe
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded above at 1 p.m. ET. …
Opinion: To improve our dismal Covid-19 performance, establish common ground between lockdown and open economy
In these stridently partisan times, the U.S. has coalesced around two polarized default narratives about…
Four scenarios on how we might develop immunity to Covid-19
As the world wearies of trying to suppress the SARS-CoV-2 virus, many of us are…
As Covid-19 pressures mount, political newcomer Stephen Hahn struggles to protect an FDA under siege
WASHINGTON — Stephen Hahn, a political novice who moved here in December to take over…
Amid pressure from scientists, NIH will study Gilead’s remdesivir-like compound against Covid-19
The National Institutes of Health plans to independently explore whether a Gilead Sciences (GILD) compound,…
Opinion: We don’t know if convalescent plasma is effective against Covid-19. With the emergency authorization, we might never know
Convalescent plasma has been used to fight many infectious diseases, from scarlet fever in the…
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Straight talk on the FDA’s tumultuous weekend — and new questions about its independence
This weekend, the Food and Drug Administration granted emergency clearance to convalescent plasma, a treatment…
First Covid-19 reinfection documented in Hong Kong, researchers say
Researchers in Hong Kong on Monday reported what appears to be the first confirmed case…
Opinion: Is Covid-19 growing less lethal? The infection fatality rate says ‘no’
Recent reports have suggested that Covid-19 has become markedly less lethal in the United States….
Is convalescent plasma safe and effective? We answer the major questions about the Covid-19 treatment
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to issue an emergency authorization Sunday for doctors…
FDA, under pressure from Trump, expected to authorize blood plasma as Covid-19 treatment
WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to announce Sunday evening that the Food and Drug…
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FDA commissioner needs to push back and tell Trump the agency is not part of the ‘deep state’
The next 73 days are going to be very difficult for Stephen Hahn. As the…
Drug makers rebut Trump tweet that FDA ‘deep state’ is delaying Covid-19 vaccines and drugs
WASHINGTON — In a tweet Saturday morning, President Donald Trump accused the Food and Drug…
Opinion: The Trump administration’s ‘public charge’ rule and Covid-19: bad policy at the worst time
As Covid-19 sweeps across the country, many immigrant communities are being hit hard by the…
Opinion: Infections acquired in health facilities are a big problem. National reporting can help fix it
Contagious diseases are as old as time and routinely appear in health care settings. New…
‘No miracle is coming’: In acceptance speech, Biden rips Trump for Covid-19 mismanagement
WASHINGTON — Former vice president Joe Biden excoriated President Trump’s Covid-19 response as he accepted…
Pfizer and BioNTech’s favored Covid-19 vaccine has fewer side effects than their first
Pfizer and BioNTech surprised many industry watchers on July 27 when they announced they would…
Opinion: Even Covid-19 tests that aren’t perfect can help control the pandemic
A key component to managing the Covid-19 pandemic is frequent, rapid, and routine testing of…
As Covid-19 cases in prisons climb, data on race remain largely obscured
By mid-August, jails, prisons, and other detention centers accounted for all of the top 10…
Ramped-up testing and daily briefings: Inside Biden’s plan to take over a tumultuous Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — No president has ever inherited a pandemic. But if Joe Biden is elected…
Will Covid-19 vaccines be safe for children and pregnant women? The data, so far, are lacking
As potential Covid-19 vaccines speed their way through development, manufacturers and U.S. regulators have largely…
Virtual Event: AI: Cracking Covid-19’s Code
Editor’s note: A live stream of this virtual event will be embedded above at 1…
Opinion: ICU capacity is more about the clinicians than the number of beds
Each time communities experience surges of Covid-19, concerns arise over the availability of hospital and…
Opinion: Telehealth and the new choreography of ‘anywhere care’
Covid-19 has transformed the traditional doctor’s office visit as we know it, moving it away…
Watch: What day is it? How pandemic stress alters your perception of time
Sunday, Monday, July, August — do these words still have meaning? Time can feel like…
Seven months later, what we know about Covid-19 — and the pressing questions that remain
The “before times” seem like a decade ago, don’t they? Those carefree days when hugging…
FDA clears saliva test for Covid-19, opening door to wider testing
The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday authorized emergency use of a new and inexpensive…
Opinion: Going viral: What Covid-19-related loss of smell reveals about how the mind works
A few months ago, a friend called me from New York in the middle of…
Covid-19 clinical trials are are failing to enroll diverse populations, despite awareness efforts
It’s been well-established that Covid-19, at least in the United States, has disproportionately affected people…
Listen: Pharma’s lobbying dollars, Alnylam’s future, and diversity in Covid-19 studies
Is pharma scared of Kamala Harris? Are there second acts in biotech? And why aren’t…
Large study suggests convalescent plasma can help treat Covid-19, with caveats
Infusing hospitalized Covid-19 patients with blood plasma from people who recovered from the disease appeared…
Opinion: Instead of lockdowns, teach people how to socialize safely in the time of coronavirus
In response to the rising Covid-19 death toll and case counts in the U.S., calls…
The Trump administration haphazardly gave away millions of Covid-19 masks — to schools, broadcasters, and large corporations
Hundreds of millions of cloth face masks shipped to U.S. agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private…
Long after the fire of a Covid-19 infection, mental and neurological effects can still smolder
Early on, patients with both mild and severe Covid-19 say they can’t breathe. Now, after…