WHO drops hydroxychloroquine from Covid-19 clinical trial
The World Health Organization on Wednesday said it was dropping the malaria medicine hydroxychloroquine from…
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Opinion: Cough and pneumonia in the time of coronavirus
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Major study finds common steroid reduces deaths among patients with severe Covid-19
A cheap, readily available steroid drug reduced deaths by a third in patients hospitalized with…
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What does the FDA’s hydroxychloroquine decision mean for Covid-19 patients or politicians? And 4 other burning questions
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday revoked its already controversial emergency use…
‘We have a job to do’: Cancer patients and their doctors carry on with clinical trials during Covid-19
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Postcard from the edge: A rural getaway, protected from Covid-19, fears it may be swallowed into the pandemic
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To understand who’s dying of Covid-19, look to social factors like race more than preexisting diseases
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Sinovac says early data show its Covid-19 vaccine generated immune responses
Sinovac Biotech announced preliminary study results on Saturday showing its experimental Covid-19 vaccine generated immune…
Opinion: Dearth of disability-related Covid-19 data can confound response efforts
After a few days of feeling feverish, exhausted, achy, and having an intermittent sore throat,…
‘Obsessed with staying alive’: Inmates describe a prison’s piecemeal response to a fatal Covid-19 outbreak
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The Chan-Zuck uprising, a virtual BIO, and the struggle to treat Covid-19
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Opinion: What being stricken with Covid-19 taught a biotech CEO
On March 14, at 10 a.m., I got the call that I had tested positive…
Opinion: A pandemic, a funeral, and a chance to help heal the world
At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference for biotech investors in San Francisco this January, I…
Immunity to the coronavirus remains a mystery. Scientists are trying to crack the case
Scientists stress that just because someone has recovered from Covid-19 and produced antibodies to the…
For Black youth, a time of upheaval takes a toll on mental health
From his room in Los Angeles, Cecil Hannibal worries about his grandmother getting Covid-19 every…
STAT Plus: Telehealth is a ‘silver lining’ of the pandemic, but implementing it permanently won’t be easy
The coronavirus pandemic has stretched hospital resources beyond their capacity, disrupted the delivery of care,…
Opinion: Collective intelligence, not market competition, will deliver the best Covid-19 vaccine
Imagine mobilizing the world’s brightest and most creative minds — from biotech and pharmaceutical industries,…
The novel coronavirus attacks the lungs. A biotech company sees a common enzyme as key to protecting them
When a person is infected with the novel coronavirus, the deadliest symptoms often show up…
Can location data capture how well the Covid-19 response is working? A joint effort aims to find out
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‘Flying blind’: Doctors race to understand what Covid-19 means for people with HIV
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‘We don’t actually have that answer yet’: WHO clarifies comments on asymptomatic spread of Covid-19
A top World Health Organization official clarified on Tuesday that scientists have not determined yet…
Opinion: A national registry could help defeat sepsis, a big contributor to Covid-19 deaths
As doctors and paramedics who treat the victims of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen…
Opinion: To allocate remdesivir fairly, give it to communities that bear a disproportionate burden of Covid-19
As the federal government haphazardly distributed remdesivir, Gilead Sciences’ repurposed antiviral drug, to some of…
‘The direct result of racism’: Covid-19 lays bare how discrimination drives health disparities among Black people
The disparities have long been documented. Black people are more likely than white people to…
How a family’s frantic search for remdesivir — and a 330-mile road trip — reshaped Tennessee’s Covid-19 response
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After retractions of two Covid-19 papers, scientists ask what went wrong
With last week’s retractions of two Covid-19 papers from a pair of the world’s top…
Positive Covid-19 tests kept a mom and baby apart for weeks. Experts say it’s a sign of a bigger testing problem
The very premature infant was born via cesarean section and quickly whisked away to the…
Researcher involved in retracted Lancet study has faculty appointment terminated, as details in scandal emerge
The University of Utah has “mutually agreed” to terminate the faculty appointment of Amit Patel,…
CDC: Some Americans are misusing cleaning products — including drinking them — in effort to kill coronavirus
To try to kill the novel coronavirus, some Americans are unsafely using disinfectants and cleaners,…
Opinion: Contact tracing technology must protect people from discrimination as well as disease
South Korea confirmed dozens of new Covid-19 cases last month, most of them linked to…
Hydroxychloroquine had no benefit for hospitalized Covid-19 patients, possibly closing door to use of drug
A major clinical trial showed the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine had no benefit for patients hospitalized…
How the world can avoid screwing up the response to Covid-19 again
Even as Americans fight (and even kill) over the country’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic,…
Lancet retracts major Covid-19 paper that raised safety concerns about malaria drugs
The Lancet, one of the world’s top medical journals, on Thursday retracted an influential study…
AstraZeneca lays out plan for producing 2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine, if it works
The drug giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that it has found partners to manufacture and distribute…
Bill Gates expresses disappointment with Trump’s WHO decision — and hopes it can be walked back
Philanthropist Bill Gates expressed disappointment with President Trump’s announcement that the United States would withdraw…
Opinion: Oxford, AstraZeneca Covid-19 deal reinforces ‘vaccine sovereignty.’ We need a people’s vaccine instead
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Watch: MIT engineers develop a system to help physicians get the most out of ventilators
The Covid-19 pandemic triggered ventilator shortages in hospitals around the world as clinicians rushed to treat…
Your boss wants you to take a Covid-19 test and track your symptoms. There’s software for that
As more employers reopen their offices, stores, and warehouses, a growing number of health tech…
Hydroxychloroquine does not prevent Covid-19 infection if exposed, study says
The malaria drug hydroxychloroquine did not help prevent people who had been exposed to others…
WHO resuming hydroxychloroquine study for Covid-19, after reviewing safety concerns
The World Health Organization is resuming a clinical trial exploring whether the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine…
Opinion: Create a health impact fund to spur development and equitable use of a Covid-19 vaccine
Calls for rethinking our pharmaceutical innovation system are swirling in the headwinds and tailwinds of…
‘Which death do they choose?’: Many Black men fear wearing a mask more than the coronavirus
When the CDC issued guidelines in early March asking people to wear masks to prevent…
Top medical journals raise concerns about data in two studies related to Covid-19
Two of the world’s leading medical journals on Tuesday expressed concern about potential flaws in…
Opinion: Covid-19 has exposed cracks in the global medicines supply chain. We need to fix them
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended the normal ways of doing everything from going to school…
Opinion: Optimism, not evidence, is driving America’s return-to-work strategy
Consensus seems to be emerging that businesses can safely reopen by checking the temperatures of…
Debate over hydroxychloroquine spills over from the White House to congressional campaigns
WASHINGTON — Five months ahead of the general election, Democrats are escalating their attacks against…