Opinion: Time well spent: How academic researchers can stay productive in the time of Covid-19
Years of my cancer research work came to a grinding halt on March 13. I…
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Opinion: The Covid-19 pandemic will make medical students better doctors
When I graduated from medical school more years ago than I care to remember, my…
Opinion: The U.S. needs to make more CPAP machines. Our supply chain is blocking that
I don’t want to be intubated. That was my main thought a few weeks ago…
Facebook’s Covid-19 misinformation campaign is based on research. The authors worry Facebook missed the message
In an attempt to corral false coronavirus claims, Facebook launched a new strategy last month…
Infect volunteers with Covid-19 in the name of research? A proposal lays bare a minefield of issues
In 2016, a team of scientists asked the National Institutes of Health for permission to…
Listen: Scott Gottlieb on Covid-19 treatments, reopening America, and going on TV every day
Just how well does Gilead Sciences’ Covid-19 drug work? Is politics getting in the way…
Doctors anticipate patient requests for experimental remdesivir before all the evidence comes in
Before Wednesday’s hopeful news about the experimental antiviral remdesivir broke, doctors treating patients hospitalized for…
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Opinion: Suicides of two health care workers hint at the Covid-19 mental health crisis to come
The U.S. entered a grim new chapter in the coronavirus saga with the recent deaths…
Gilead’s remdesivir has seen success against the coronavirus. Now the company has to make enough to supply the world
In January, Gilead Sciences wasn’t manufacturing more than a few doses of its experimental antiviral…
Projecting Covid-19 death tolls is as difficult as ever. Comparing them to other causes of death is easier — and staggering
When STAT first compared projected U.S. deaths from Covid-19, in early April, there seemed to…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: U.S. plans ‘Operation Warp Speed’ for a Covid-19 vaccine; Gilead vows remdesivir will be accessible
Top of the morning to you. Despite some gloomy skies and a spot of rain,…
Opinion: Are infertility treatments ‘essential’? How to ethically determine what kind of care must go on amid Covid-19
As the Covid-19 epidemic began to put an unprecedented strain on the U.S. health care…
Opinion: Cancer research offers faster ways to ID new Covid-19 treatments
As the Covid-19 pandemic unfolds across the globe, physicians are scrambling for treatments that can…
Opinion: Big Pharma could boost its reputation with a solid response to Covid-19
President Trump, a known critic of Big Pharma, summoned 10 executives from various pharmaceutical companies…
‘It doesn’t stay where you started’: Reopening some states heightens the risk of coronavirus surges in others
For all that’s still being discovered about the novel coronavirus, one thing was clear from…
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Gilead CEO: We’re going to make sure that access is not an issue with remdesivir
On Wednesday Gilead Sciences, best known as a maker of HIV medicines, sent out a…
Diagnostics firm says new Covid-19 test could be used 1 million times a week
Hologic, a maker of diagnostic tests, said Wednesday that it is launching a new test…
NIH announces $1.5 billion, ‘Shark Tank’-like initiative to accelerate Covid-19 testing
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health on Wednesday announced a new $1.5 billion initiative…
Digital event: Combating Covid-19 — Part 2
Editor’s note: The live stream will be embedded below at 1 p.m ET. The pandemic…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by fall for emergency use; an aggressive pitch to reopen the U.S.
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. Yes, we know, it can…
Gilead says critical study of Covid-19 drug shows patients are responding to treatment
A government-run study of Gilead’s remdesivir, perhaps the most closely watched experimental drug to treat…
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative funds Bay Area effort to track coronavirus as the economy reopens
A new research initiative backed by pediatrician Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook founder Mark…
Opinion: Primary care must be saved from being devastated by Covid-19
As the U.S. nears 60,000 deaths due to Covid-19, primary care could be among its…
Opinion: People with disabilities are at a disadvantage when scarce medical resources are being allocated
I have nightmares, whether I’m asleep or awake, as do many of us as we…
A bipartisan group of former health officials seeks to sell a $46.5 billion coronavirus plan to the White House
WASHINGTON — In the past month, President Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner has…
Opinion: We need the real CDC back, and we need it now
As political leaders discuss relaxing social distancing restrictions and opening up the economy again, a…
In fading steel towns, chronically ill patients hope video visits stay after the pandemic goes
Ordinarily Trueman Mills makes the trek to his cardiologist by car. He lives in rolling…
How a Los Angeles doctor got swept up in the swirl of the Trump White House as it confronts the pandemic
He advised Joe Biden’s initiative to transform the fight against cancer. He interviewed Bill Clinton…
Hospital demand for hydroxycholoroquine to treat Covid-19 patients is waning
The ongoing uncertainty over whether hydroxycholoroquine can successfully treat Covid-19 appears to have eroded demand…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Japan plans fast-track review of Gilead drug for Covid-19; most Americans think Trump whiffed on drug prices
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy and disorienting day is on the way. Although uncertainty…
Nursing ranks are filled with Filipino Americans. The pandemic is taking an outsized toll on them
Debbie Accad, 72, a clinical nursing coordinator for the Detroit VA Medical Center, died from…
Trump hopes for 2 million tests per week by end of May — the low end of experts’ estimates of what’s needed to reopen
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a “blueprint” to increase capacity for coronavirus…
Opinion: Scientists who express different views on Covid-19 should be heard, not demonized
When major decisions must be made amid high scientific uncertainty, as is the case with…
The world wants answers on Gilead’s Covid-19 drug. Experts worry next studies may increase uncertainty
For weeks, the world has been eagerly awaiting clinical trial results for one experimental drug,…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Arthritis drug disappoints as a Covid-19 treatment; Pepcid is being tested to fight the coronavirus
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite —…
Video Chat: A conversation on the coronavirus with Rich Besser
Editor’s note: The video recording will be embedded below at 11 a.m. ET. Rich Besser…
Closely watched arthritis drug disappoints as a Covid-19 treatment, studies show
An arthritis drug that was seen as a promising treatment for some Covid-19 patients delivered…
Opinion: Adolescents and young adults are paying a high price for Covid-19 prevention
“How can he be so stupid?” a dad asked me in a telehealth visit. His…
Opinion: The Covid-19 pandemic could mark the beginning of the ‘biotech century’
If you had infinite foresight and knew a pathogen like Covid-19 was coming, what would…
Covid-19 Drugs and Vaccines Tracker
In the months since the novel coronavirus rose from a regional crisis to a global…
Many states are far short of Covid-19 testing levels needed for safe reopening, new analysis shows
More than half of U.S. states will have to significantly step up their Covid-19 testing…
Opinion: The success of a Covid-19 vaccine will hinge on its delivery
The lesson learned from a long history of using vaccines to fight massively disruptive diseases…
WHO launches ambitious global project to develop Covid-19 medical products
Led by the World Health Organization, a long list of countries, industry groups, and nongovernmental…
FDA’s Woodcock on authorizing emergency use for hydroxychloroquine: ‘We did the best we could’
Over the past few weeks, the Food and Drug Administration has been criticized for some…
Opinion: Public-private partnerships for contact tracing can help stop Covid-19
As the biomedical community works to develop treatments and vaccines for Covid-19, a national strategy…
FDA warns against widespread use of hydroxychloroquine, drug touted by Trump
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cautioned against the use of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria…
Why was an unknown federal bureaucrat involved in Trump’s emergency hydroxychloroquine authorization?
WASHINGTON — Rick Bright, an otherwise unknown federal bureaucrat, burst onto the political stage this…
Opinion: A ‘Swiss cheese’ approach can give us a second chance to contain Covid-19
Fifteen years ago, in response to the threat of H5N1 avian influenza, my team at…
Opinion: It was my job to call people whose Covid-19 tests were positive. That taught me a lot about medicine, the law, and society
As part of my work as an emergency medicine resident, I began a rotation in…
The results of coronavirus ‘serosurveys’ are starting to be released. Here’s how to kick their tires
Results from the first studies designed to determine how widely the coronavirus has spread in…