Confusion spreads over system to determine priority access to Covid-19 vaccines
As manufacturers around the world race to develop Covid-19 vaccines, a parallel effort has begun…
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Pharma promises lawmakers, again and again, industry won’t cut corners with Covid-19 vaccines
The pharmaceutical industry does not want you to worry about the safety or efficacy of…
Public health group calls for standardized data collection to more clearly track Covid-19
In a new review of the Covid-19 response across the country, a group of public…
Actual Covid-19 case count could be 6 to 24 times higher than official estimates, CDC study shows
The true number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. could be anywhere from six to…
Opinion: Chronic fatigue syndrome may hold keys to understanding post-Covid syndrome
Some survivors of acute bouts of Covid-19 experience a range of persistent medical issues —…
Study provides first glimpse of efficacy of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
A Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University and the drug giant AstraZeneca generated an…
What will it cost? And 5 other questions Congress could push Covid-19 vaccine makers to answer
Some drug companies say we’ll have a coronavirus vaccine by the winter. Others say that’s…
Trump said more Covid-19 testing ‘creates more cases.’ We did the math
The counter-narrative began almost instantly. After the U.S. count of Covid-19 cases began an inexorable…
Opinion: Rising to the challenge of screening for intimate partner violence during Covid-19
Health care providers play an essential role in halting the cycle of intimate partner violence…
A silver lining to the pandemic response? Doctors hope to see fewer cases of a polio-like condition that affects children
If the pattern from recent history holds, starting next month, doctors in the U.S. will…
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NIH Director Francis Collins defends Fauci amid White House criticism
WASHINGTON — Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, defended the beleaguered…
Listen: Coronavirus vaccine data, saving the U.S.’s pandemic response, and systemic racism in medicine
What do we want from a coronavirus vaccine? Can the U.S.’s Covid-19 response be saved?…
New Covid-19 study, despite flaws, adds to case against hydroxychloroquine
Hydroxychloroquine did not lead to faster symptom improvement among patients who had Covid-19 symptoms and…
How HHS’s new hospital data reporting system will actually affect the U.S. Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — It’s a fight over something as seemingly mundane as government data collection. But…
Opinion: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to Covid-19 isn’t the mystery it’s made out to be
As a physician taking care of hospitalized Covid-19 patients, I had very nearly become immune…
Once a relic of medical history, radiation emerges as an intriguing — and divisive — treatment for Covid-19
Back in 2013, toxicologist Edward Calabrese and a colleague at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst,…
U.S. must spend $75 billion to fix flawed Covid-19 testing, report says
The U.S. should invest $75 billion in order to fix its badly flawed system of…
Opinion: A national mandatory order to wear a mask would keep people from becoming ‘walking weapons’
Although lawmakers are engaged with many long-delayed, vital components of a comprehensive federal response to…
The U.S. is the accidental Sweden, which could make the fall ‘catastrophic’ for Covid-19
With the Covid-19 pandemic rampaging across the U.S. in April and 20 million people filing…
First data for Moderna Covid-19 vaccine show it spurs an immune response
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine led patients to produce antibodies that can neutralize the novel coronavirus that…
If everyone wore a mask, Covid-19 could be brought under control, CDC director urges
The two hair stylists in Springfield, Mo., broke the cardinal rule of infection control: Despite…
Opinion: Fauci’s strategy for effective public health advocacy: ‘You cannot be ideological’
Public health and politics have always been intertwined. Think abortion and reproductive rights. One prominent…
Opinion: Patient-reported data can help monitor the safety of fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccines
The pharma industry is in a mad dash to bring a Covid-19 vaccine to market,…
Opinion: As residents get better at treating Covid-19, they may become worse at their own specialties
Eight hundred fifty. That’s the number of major procedures general surgery residents need to perform…
What’s next for Anthony Fauci, if the White House continues to sour on him?
WASHINGTON — The White House in recent days has accelerated an effort that President Trump…
How to fix the Covid-19 dumpster fire in the U.S.
There’s no point in sugar-coating this. The U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic is a…
Opinion: Pickup truck medicine: saving primary care during Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic burned through Chicago, New York, Detroit, and other large U.S. cities…
Opinion: In the NICU, both parents are essential and need to be at their child’s bedside
As Covid-19 surged through the United States this spring, Reina and James were told they…
The CDC has always been an apolitical island. That’s left it defenseless against Trump
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the country’s top public health agency,…
From Houston to Miami, hospitals running short of remdesivir for Covid-19 patients
With Covid-19 patients filling her Houston hospital, pharmacist Katherine Perez wishes she had enough remdesivir…
In another Covid-19 disparity, Black and Hispanic Americans are dying at younger ages than white Americans
Long after calls for more data on the disproportionate number of Covid-19 infections and deaths…
Opinion: Covid-19 should spark a reexamination of trade secrets’ stranglehold on information
As the world struggles to confront the Covid-19 pandemic, how to handle access to trade…
Listen: Trump’s FDA pressure, a microcosm of the pandemic, and squabbling over a vaccine
Who will stand up to the White House? How can hospitals protect workers from Covid-19?…
WHO launches independent review of the international response to the Covid-19 pandemic
The World Health Organization announced an independent review of the international response to the Covid-19…
The first round of Covid-19 vaccines is ‘highly unlikely to be a magic bullet,’ Medicago CEO says
Earlier this week, a Canadian company called Medicago struck two deals to supply its plant-based…
Opinion: It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19
As the Covid-19 pandemic marches across America, causing record-breaking numbers of cases, almost every solution…
Women researchers are publishing less since the pandemic hit. What can their employers do to help?
As Covid-19 has shuttered schools across the globe, leaving parents to pick up childcare responsibilities,…
A flawed Covid-19 study gets the White House’s attention — and the FDA may pay the price
Studies in thousands of people on multiple continents now show the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine does…
Opinion: My Covid-19 symptoms have lasted more than 100 days, and I’m not alone. Will they ever end?
My first Covid-19 symptoms appeared on March 14: a low-grade fever, profound leg pain, malaise,…
A disease detective is thrust onto the frontlines of WHO’s Covid-19 response
People who know Maria Van Kerkhove describe her as someone who has worked her whole…
Novavax, maker of a Covid-19 vaccine, is backed by Operation Warp Speed
Novavax has joined the ranks of Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers being supported by the U.S. government’s…
Opinion: Health care reform: The ‘new normal’ needs to go beyond clinical care
This is an extraordinarily difficult time to be a physician. As the leaders of state…
The pandemic has exacerbated an under-the-radar health disparity: period poverty
Taniya Bennett made it through the early stages of the pandemic. But as protests started…
AIDS report: Kids are lagging and Covid-19 is harming care
New numbers on the global AIDS epidemic show some big successes, such as fewer deaths…
About the analysis of Covid-19 clinical trials
The analysis for this story was based on data from clinicaltrials.gov, a public database that…
Opinion: Why were we so late responding to Covid-19? Blame it on our culture and brains
From the recent rise in Covid-19 cases linked to reopening in states across the country…
Data show panic and disorganization dominate the study of Covid-19 drugs
In a gigantic feat of scientific ambition, researchers have designed a staggering 1,200 clinical trials…
Public health experts urge socially distant Fourth of July celebrations, as the coronavirus surges across the U.S.
Some communities are being preemptive: Los Angeles and Miami closed their beaches, New York City…
Listen: Remdesivir’s controversial cost, early vaccine promise, and AI at the end of life
What’s a fair price for remdesivir? How do we know whether vaccines work? And does…
Trial of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine delayed, investigators say, but July start still possible
A 30,000-patient trial of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, expected to start next week, has been…