Doctors ‘keep an open mind’ about unproven coronavirus drug, but worry it could do more harm than good
SAN FRANCISCO — For President Trump, whether Covid-19 patients should take a once-obscure malaria drug…
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Democrats scramble to turn the 2020 election into a referendum on Trump’s coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — Democratic groups are scrambling to recalibrate the party’s health care messaging for the…
Listen: Privacy in a pandemic, biopharma’s big opportunity, and Shkreli’s plea for a break
Can the drug industry win over Americans? Will the pandemic put an end to privacy?…
Data for Regeneron arthritis drug in coronavirus could come in weeks
Regeneron could release data within weeks about how well its arthritis drug Kevzara is battling…
Social distancing is controlling Covid-19; now scientists need to figure out which measures are most effective
Banning gatherings, having people stay at home, closing schools, and other measures to reduce the…
Methadone clinic lines and packed waiting rooms leave clients vulnerable to the coronavirus
One photo shows a long line of people standing close together while waiting for methadone…
It’s difficult to grasp the projected deaths from Covid-19. Here’s how they compare to other causes of death
The numbers seem catastrophic, overwhelming, beyond a magnitude that the human mind or heart can…
Who gets hospitalized for Covid-19? Report shows differences by race and sex
The first federal report on who requires hospital care for Covid-19 in the U.S. has…
International trial uses AI to rapidly identify optimal Covid-19 treatments
Treating patients with the never-before-seen Covid-19 is forcing doctors to choose between two equally unpalatable…
STAT Plus: Video Chat: How the coronavirus pandemic is testing health tech
Editor’s note: The live stream will be embedded below at 1 p.m EST. The health…
Pfizer says coronavirus drug could enter testing by fall
Pfizer said Thursday it now intends to start human tests on a potential drug to…
Opinion: Learning about epidemic response from sub-Saharan African countries
In 2014, as one of us (A.T.D.) lay dying in an Ebola treatment center in…
Opinion: A proper tribute to health care workers on the Covid-19 front lines: forgive their student loan debt
Covid-19 has been likened to a stealth enemy attacking the fabric and well-being of our…
You need a special lab to study the coronavirus. Here’s what it takes to get one up and running
Before the pandemic, there was only a small group of researchers dedicated to studying coronaviruses….
With diving gear and plumbing supplies, California labs fashion Covid-19 masks and ventilators
LOS ANGELES — In early March, Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash was attending a conference in…
‘We’re being put at risk unnecessarily’: Doctors fume at government response to coronavirus pandemic
LOS ANGELES — Even before the pandemic, burnout, anxiety, and disillusionment were already endemic in…
Trump faulted the WHO’s coronavirus response. But it’s guided by rules the U.S. helped write
Once again, the World Health Organization finds itself in the crosshairs — the target of…
With the pandemic sidelining routine care, a trade group urges the government to pay for digital therapeutics
A prominent trade group is calling on the federal government to cover digital health tools…
Opinion: CDC: remember who you are
Public health wins are quiet — the child born healthy, the loved one still safe,…
Video Chat: Combating Covid-19
The pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus has shut down countries around the world. One…
Opinion: A doctor and a deli manager: on the front lines of the Covid-19 fight
In the morning, my fiance and I wake up, get dressed for work, blow each…
Opinion: Excluding med students and letting trainees opt out of Covid-19 care is bad for medicine
The devastating coronavirus pandemic is highlighting the dedication and courage of health care communities in…
After 9/11, we gave up privacy for security. Will we make the same trade-off after Covid-19?
In a span of weeks, the novel coronavirus has turned the nation’s roiling health privacy…
With ventilators running out, doctors say the machines are overused for Covid-19
Even as hospitals and governors raise the alarm about a shortage of ventilators, some critical…
Trump pledges to put a hold on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would halt funding to the…
DEA moves to fight shortages of medicines needed for Covid-19 patients
The Drug Enforcement Administration is taking steps to permit increased production and importation of various…
Wealthy nations urged to embrace WTO deal and import meds made under compulsory licenses
In the latest effort to widen access to Covid-19 medical products, three dozen countries are…
New research examines wastewater to detect community spread of Covid-19
A series of crucial setbacks in Covid-19 testing has made it difficult to keep up…
Opinion: While social distancing, do your other patriotic duty: have The Conversation about serious illness care
At no time since World War II has there been a clarion call for the…
Coronavirus-related layoffs hit health tech startups
With the economy in freefall amid the coronavirus pandemic, some health tech startups have started…
Opinion: Misinformation about an outbreak like Covid-19 is important public health data
One of us (L.H.-D.) heard the first official news of the coronavirus outbreak in China…
Opinion: Using social distancing to test if technology can solve the loneliness epidemic
As the coronavirus spreads exponentially across the United States, widespread social distancing is thought to…
Former Novartis exec wants to repurpose generic drugs to fight Covid-19
As Covid-19 sweeps the globe, a growing number of efforts are underway to quickly research…
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A $30 billion gamble: Pandemic expert calls for making Covid-19 vaccines before we know they work
There’s a one-word exit strategy for the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, which is crippling economies around…
The U.S. gets a D- in the coronavirus fight. That stands for ‘disorganization,’ and it’s fixable
NEW YORK — Leora Horwitz has seen other disasters. Now the director of the Center…
‘We’re flying blind’: African Americans may be bearing the brunt of Covid-19, but access to data are limited
Stark statistics are coming to light only now and only in piecemeal fashion showing that…
Fact-checking Trump’s claims about hydroxychloroquine, the antimalarial drug he’s touting as a coronavirus treatment
WASHINGTON — President Trump can’t seem to stop talking about hydroxychloroquine. There is currently no…
WHO director-general endorses a voluntary intellectual property pool to develop Covid-19 products
Amid the race to find a salve for Covid-19, the World Health Organization director-general has…
Data for Gilead’s potential coronavirus therapy are coming soon. Here’s what you need to know
This month, the world should get the first results from a clinical trial testing the…
Martin Shkreli is trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to get out of prison
Martin Shkreli, currently serving a seven-year sentence for securities fraud, has a pitch to authorities:…
GlaxoSmithKline and Vir aim to take on Covid-19 with antibodies and CRISPR
The drug giant GlaxoSmithKline said Monday it will collaborate with Vir Biotechnology on experimental treatments…
The Covid-19 pandemic forces a new way of thinking for Quil, Comcast’s health tech startup
When telecom giant Comcast and health insurer Independence Blue Cross teamed up to found Quil…
Opinion: The ‘certified recovered’ from Covid-19 could lead the economic recovery
Re-opening a nightclub in New York seems crazy at this point, as that’s just the…
This tiny federal agency was built to respond to a crisis like coronavirus. Now that it’s here, is BARDA ready?
WASHINGTON — It seems like an agency tailor-made for a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic….
Gilead ramps up production of experimental Covid-19 treatment amid criticism over access
In response to intensifying demand, Gilead Sciences has been ramping up production of its experimental remdesivir…
Opinion: A deficit of more than 250,000 public health workers is no way to fight Covid-19
What happens when a nation systematically cuts or underfunds its public health workforce? We are…
CDC launches studies to get more precise count of undetected Covid-19 cases
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun preliminary studies to try to determine…
Opinion: I’ve been cared for by dozens of clinicians in nearly 20 years. I’m in awe of their work on Covid-19
To health care workers on the front lines: thank you. As a rare disease patient…
An interview with the CDC director on coronavirus, masks, and an agency gone quiet
Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, describes the coronavirus pandemic…
White House urges Americans to wear cloth face coverings in public in bid to slow coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday announced new federal guidance that encourages Americans to use…