Opinion: A powerful law gives HHS the right to take control of remdesivir manufacturing and distribution
A rare bright spot followed the emergence of Covid-19 and its spread across the globe:…
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Fever checks are a flawed way to flag Covid-19 cases. Experts say smell tests might help
Workplaces do it. Newly reopened public libraries do it. LAX does it. Some restaurants, bars,…
Does asthma increase Covid-19 risk? Emerging research suggests a complicated connection
A growing body of research on Covid-19 suggests that the virus’ link to asthma is…
Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech shows positive results
An experimental Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the drug giant Pfizer and the biotech firm…
Some U.S. government contracts for Covid-19 research could skirt affordable pricing laws
A new report finds that the U.S. government awarded several drug makers contracts for coronavirus research using…
Opinion: Hospitals must treat infection control as a priority, not a profit center
For years, hospitals penny-pinching on infection control has been an open secret. Whether Covid-19 will…
No one wants to go back to lockdown. Is there a middle ground for containing Covid-19?
First came the freezes. Governors last month started to “press pause” on the next phases…
U.S. could see 100,000 new Covid-19 cases per day, Fauci says
The United States may soon record as many as 100,000 new cases of Covid-19 a…
Inovio claims positive results on Covid-19 vaccine but critical data are missing
Inovio Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday said that its investigational Covid-19 vaccine had “positive” results in a…
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Opinion: To make progress against Covid-19, processes must serve people, not a ‘labyrinth of bureaucratic rules’
By sheer necessity, the Covid-19 pandemic has united health care systems around the common purpose…
Opinion: Learning from Taiwan about responding to Covid-19 — and using electronic health records
Covid-19 is not an evenly distributed pandemic. The United States is an outlier — and…
In the Covid-19 death of a hospital food worker, a microcosm of the pandemic
This is one in a series of reports from hospitals responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. The hospital’s…
Researchers report nearly 300 cases of mysterious syndrome tied to Covid-19 in kids
Two U.S. research groups have reported finding nearly 300 cases of an alarming apparent side…
Gilead announces long-awaited price for Covid-19 drug remdesivir
Since remdesivir became the first medicine shown to have an impact on Covid-19, doctors, politicians,…
Opinion: Medicare shouldn’t make ground ambulance services take a financial hit for providing at-home care
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping across the U.S., ambulance crews have been treating…
New journal will vet Covid-19 preprints, calling out misinformation and highlighting credible research
The wild, wild west of Covid-19 preprints is about to get a new sheriff. On…
Experts are calling for a 9/11-style commission on U.S. coronavirus response. Here’s where it could start
By the most basic of measurements — rates of illness and death — the U.S….
As Covid-19 cases surge, Pence touts progress made from earlier peaks
As criticism mounts that the White House has turned a blind eye to the worsening…
Opinion: Death threats, shoves, and throwing blood: Anti-vaxxers’ bullying of public health officials endangers our country
False claims. Racist and violent memes. Threats. Physical attacks. Public health advocates across the country…
WHO, partners unveil ambitious plan to deliver 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine to high-risk populations
The World Health Organization and key partners unveiled a plan Friday to purchase 2 billion…
Opinion: Unless it’s done carefully, the rise of telehealth could widen health disparities
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed telehealth — the remote provision of health care resources, tools,…
Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine research must involve Black and Latinx participants
The development of a Covid-19 vaccine is progressing at an incredible pace, breaking down barriers…
Safer reopening will require millions more Covid-19 tests per day. One solution: ‘pool testing’
If the country wants to crank up its Covid-19 testing capacity into the millions —…
Watch: From nose to toe, the Covid-19 virus attacks like no other ‘respiratory’ infection
The reports seemed to take doctors by surprise: The “respiratory” virus that causes Covid-19 made…
When Covid-19 hits the brain, it can cause strokes, psychosis and a dementia-like syndrome, new survey shows
A new survey reveals a wide range of serious psychiatric and neurological complications tied to…
Listen: Covid-19’s U.S. surge, GSK’s mystery whistleblower, and cancer care under coronavirus
Is this a second wave or a rising tide? Who’s the real GlaxoSmithKline whistleblower? And…
Ousted federal vaccine expert alleges health secretary has continued to retaliate
WASHINGTON — Rick Bright, the ousted federal vaccine expert, amended his whistleblower complaint Thursday against…
As wave of Covid-19 cases crashes, a surge in other health conditions looms
The Covid-19 crisis has washed across the United States like a tidal wave. And experts…
As Covid-19 cases peak, a virus once again takes advantage of human instinct
The natural response to a disaster is to at first believe that it is not…
Hospitals see shortages of a cheap steroid that one study says helps Covid-19 patients
After preliminary release of a study found that a cheap steroid reduced deaths by a…
Opinion: This is supposed to be telemedicine’s time to shine. Why are doctors abandoning it?
Telemedicine — the delivery of care by a clinician in one location to a patient…
Opinion: Pandemic politics: What leaders should — and shouldn’t — learn from Napoleon
Some leaders use pandemics and other crises to advance themselves and their own ends. Others…
An app for football fans became a digital contact tracing tool — and could be a litmus test for Covid-19 technology
Software engineer Tim Brookins didn’t build his Bison Tracker app with the coronavirus pandemic in…
Top U.S. health officials say they were never told to slow down Covid-19 testing, contradicting Trump
WASHINGTON — Four key government health care officials said Tuesday that despite recent remarks from…
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Opinion: Human challenge trials with live coronavirus aren’t the answer to a Covid-19 vaccine
More than 25,000 people have volunteered so far to be infected with the novel coronavirus…
Sanofi, a straggler in the Covid-19 vaccine race, accelerates its plans
The drug maker Sanofi Pasteur has been more cautious than some of its rivals in…
Lawmakers push Covid-19 bills to prevent price gouging, track federal funds used to discover drugs
Amid ongoing concern that Covid-19 therapies and vaccines may be unaffordable, a bipartisan group of…
Opinion: Lack of rapid diagnostic tools contributes to Covid-19 deaths
SARS-CoV-2, a coronavirus that humans have never before encountered, is causing hundreds of thousands of…
Opinion: Covid-19 could cause a mental health crisis. It can also spark post-traumatic growth
Some experts are warning of a looming mental health crisis in the wake of the…
As Covid-19 devastates communities of color, the government’s minority health experts are conspicuously quiet
WASHINGTON — Four months into a pandemic that has disproportionately devastated Black, Latino, and Native…
Opinion: Celebrate fathers by including them in family health research, especially about Covid-19
Covid-19 is freaking out fathers. And rightly so. Whether it’s an expectant father trying not…
Opinion: The Trump rally in Tulsa is a recipe for disaster
President Trump is set to hold a rally Saturday evening inside the 19,199-seat Bank of…
Opinion: Account for gender/sex to make personal protective equipment safer for women
Covid-19 is not a gender- or sex-neutral killer. Men are more likely than women to…
Opinion: How many needless Covid-19 deaths were caused by delays in responding? Most of them
More than 120,000 Americans have now perished from Covid-19, surpassing the total number of U.S….
Ignoring cancer care now may trade one public health crisis — Covid-19 — for another, NCI chief warns
Ned Sharpless is worried. The director of the National Cancer Institute believes the Covid-19 pandemic…
Listen: The latest on treating Covid-19, vaccine politics, and diversifying genetics
Can a vaccine be an October surprise? Are journal publishers running a racket? And why…
Trump says Covid-19 is ‘dying out.’ Experts fear his dismissiveness could prolong the crisis
WASHINGTON — The White House is taking a new position on the coronavirus pandemic: a…
How likely are kids to get Covid-19? Scientists see a ‘huge puzzle’ without easy answers
In January, when it became clear that a new coronavirus was transmitting with ease among…
Some Covid-19 trial sponsors never posted other study results in an EU database. Will they hide data again?
Amid a wave of research into potential Covid-19 therapies, a new analysis warns that some…