Opinion: My nightmare: Covid-19 meets racism meets the killing of a Black American by police
This is my nightmare: Covid-19 meets racism meets the killing of yet another Black person…
Category: coronavirus
Gilead’s remdesivir shows some benefit in patients with moderate Covid-19, new data show
Remdesivir, the drug developed as a treatment for Covid-19 by Gilead Sciences, helped patients with…
Eli Lilly begins first human tests of an antibody drug against Covid-19
Researchers have begun testing what appears to be the first new medicine developed specifically against…
Opinion: Resident physicians should have a say in their working conditions
In Chicago’s South Loop, the nightly salutation to health care workers begins at 8 p.m.,…
She’s spent decades caring for dying patients. When her mom’s time came, Covid-19 kept them apart
When Sharon Levine picked up, the person on the other end was sobbing. It was…
Anthony Fauci on Covid-19 reopenings, vaccines, and moving at ‘warp speed’
Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has seen…
Opinion: Don’t use ‘deaths of despair’ as rationale for reopening the country too soon
Following congressional testimony last week about frontline workers’ experiences during the Covid-19 epidemic, members of…
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Experts warn of dire global health consequences if U.S. withdraws from the World Health Organization
An American withdrawal from the World Health Organization could wreak profound damage on the global…
The WHO launched a voluntary Covid-19 product pool. What happens next?
After weeks of planning, the World Health Organization formally launched a voluntary pool to collect…
Trump: U.S. will terminate relationship with the World Health Organization in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
President Trump said Friday the U.S. would halt its funding of the World Health Organization…
When did the coronavirus start spreading in the U.S.? Likely in January, CDC analysis suggests
How early did local transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus begin in the United States? For…
Contact tracing could help avoid another lockdown. Can it work in the U.S.?
To contain the spread of Covid-19, Alaska is planning to triple its number of contact…
Listen: Life after a coronavirus vaccine, virtual ASCO, and remembering Larry Kramer
What happens after we get a coronavirus vaccine? Can virtual medical meetings replace the real…
Pharma leaders shoot down WHO voluntary pool for patent rights on Covid-19 products
The heads of some of the world’s largest drug makers expressed a mix of confusion…
Digital event: Confronting a Pandemic — Part 4
Editor’s note: The livestream will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. The need to…
Big gene therapy names line up behind experimental Covid-19 vaccine
An early stage vaccine against Covid-19 based on the same basic technology used in gene…
The global pandemic through the eyes of the world’s children
CHICAGO — These are children of the global pandemic. In the far-north Canadian town of…
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Opinion: Challenge trials can speed development of a Covid-19 vaccine. Planning for them needs to start now
Human challenge trials, also known as controlled human infection models, are an essential tool for…
Opinion: Covid-19 is battering independent physician practices. They need help now
Autumn Road Family Practice is a small, six-doctor primary care practice that’s been caring for…
Wastewater testing gains support as an early warning system for Covid-19 cases
What only a month ago had been merely an intriguing laboratory finding about analyzing wastewater…
When hard data are ‘heartbreaking’: Testing blitz in San Francisco shows Covid-19 struck mostly low-wage workers
Early in the coronavirus outbreak, as the first infected patients trickled into Zuckerberg San Francisco…
A biotech company tries to retrofit a lung drug to prevent Covid-19’s after effects
As the world scrambles to find antiviral treatments and vaccines for the novel coronavirus, some…
Experts decry FDA’s halting of a high-profile Covid-19 study over approvals
Regulators at the Food and Drug Administration told STAT the agency’s decision last week to…
Opinion: Beating Covid-19 will change how new therapies are developed
The global Covid-19 pandemic has left families and communities around the globe grieving for lost…
Opinion: The data-free zone of Covid-19 complicates medical, family decision-making
“What would you do, doc?” It’s a question I get all the time as a…
Watch: How researchers will study Covid-19 vaccines
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, has sickened millions of people around the world and…
Hospital records hold valuable Covid-19 data. Making it usable is time-consuming work
As tens of thousands of people worldwide test positive for Covid-19 every day, researchers are…
Moderna executives have cashed out $89M in shares this year, as stock price has soared on vaccine hopes
The top five executives at the biotech company Moderna have sold more than $89 million…
‘Forced to retract completely into ourselves,’ a mother and son confront cancer in the age of Covid-19
Amy Sapien had prepared for her April 13 surgery as best she could. She dyed…
New research rewrites history of when Covid-19 arrived in U.S. — and points to missed chances to stop it
New research has poured cold water on the theory that the Covid-19 outbreak in Washington…
Opinion: Biopharma companies are spreading misinformation — and taking advantage of it
As Covid-19 upends the world, people are putting their faith in the biopharma industry to…
Merck leaps into Covid-19 vaccine race, aiming to test two different candidates this year
Merck, one of the largest vaccine makers in the world, is entering the Covid-19 arena…
Opinion: Hospitals are busier than ever — and going out of business
At various points over the last few weeks, news reports have told stories of booming…
As Covid-19 tears through Navajo Nation, young people step up to protect their elders
Michelle Tom stared into the screen. The Navajo doctor had just finished a grueling shift…
He experienced a severe reaction to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate. He’s still a believer
Patients in clinical trials are usually faceless. But as the experimental Covid-19 vaccine being developed…
Opinion: When bubonic plague hit France in 1720, officials dithered. Sound familiar?
On May 25, 1720, a ship named the Grand Saint-Antoine arrived in the port of…
Opinion: We need a national holiday to honor health policy
Let’s create a holiday for health policy. Not now. But eventually. A holiday that celebrates…
Opinion: When a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available, who should get it first?
The ethical challenges that have arisen so far in the coronavirus pandemic largely boil down…
Opinion: When a Covid-19 vaccine become available, who should get it first?
The ethical challenges that have arisen so far in the coronavirus pandemic largely boil down…
Covid-19 study details benefits of treatment with remdesivir, and also its limitations
Remdesivir, the only drug cleared to treat Covid-19, sped the recovery time of patients with…
First generic version of Gilead’s remdesivir will be sold by a Bangladesh drug maker
A drug maker in Bangladesh has become the first company to sell a generic version…
Early study of Covid-19 vaccine developed in China sees mixed results
A Covid-19 vaccine candidate being developed by a Chinese drug maker appeared to induce an…
What a big new study on malaria drugs as Covid-19 treatments tells us — and what it doesn’t
A new study underlines safety concerns about using the malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to…
WHO warns millions of children at risk as Covid-19 pandemic disrupts routine vaccinations
Some 80 million babies around the world are at higher risk of diseases like diphtheria,…
Opinion: We need one response — not 50 — to fight Covid-19
In ordinary times, states handle the public health crises that affect their residents. That usually…
Opinion: To test our way out of the Covid-19 nightmare, focus on nursing homes
Less than 1% of Americans live in nursing homes, yet these facilities account for between…
The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power
With a little luck and a lot of science, the world might in the not-too-distant…
Listen: Moderna’s scant coronavirus data, the plight of the day trader, and the world’s dependence on biotech
When is a press release worth $5 billion? Can biotech stocks replace sports? And how…
Opinion: Recovery from Covid-19 is filled with uncertainty. An antibody test offered me a little comfort
There have been approximately 5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 around the world. I’m one…
U.S. gives up to $1.2 billion to AstraZeneca for Covid-19 vaccine
The race over funding and access to a Covid-19 vaccine is heating up as the…