Hospital workers across the U.S. present sharply different pictures of their preparedness for the coronavirus
U.S. hospitals are bracing for an onslaught of patients sickened by the new coronavirus, shoring…
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Coronavirus testing is starting to get better — but it has a long way to go
Friday morning a ray of light cracked through the ominous cloud of the pandemic caused…
There are several ways to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus. Here are the powers they unlock
WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to declare the Covid-19 pandemic a national emergency on…
A new paper about a Gilead drug to combat coronavirus has some analysts skittish about success
As anticipation mounts over the prospects for an experimental Gilead Sciences (GILD) drug to combat…
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How one company made $208 million on an untested coronavirus vaccine
Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO), a drug company that has existed for four decades without developing an…
Listen: Voices from the coronavirus pandemic, in Italy, New York, and the high seas
How long will this pandemic persist? Are U.S. hospitals going to be overwhelmed? And what’s…
Why Trump’s coronavirus speech, designed to calm, deepened panic
President Donald Trump’s televised address on Wednesday was clearly aimed at calming the U.S. public,…
A quarantined Ted Cruz proposes to speed approvals for coronavirus drugs and vaccines
Although Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas.) is quarantined at home after coming into contact with someone…
Opinion: Covid-19 will be the ultimate stress test for electronic health record systems
Just as the levees of New Orleans stood little chance against the wrath of Hurricane…
Q&A: How to care for the elderly without putting them at risk of coronavirus
While the coronavirus outbreak poses health risks for everyone, officials have made clear that the…
7 reasons why it’s hard to control your coronavirus anxiety
The novel coronavirus has a long list of terrifying characteristics, spurring people from Japan to…
Trump suspends travel from Europe for 30 days in response to coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said the United States would suspend travel from Europe…
Researchers rush to test coronavirus vaccine in people without knowing how well it works in animals
As they race to test an experimental coronavirus vaccine, researchers aren’t waiting to see how…
Opinion: The spread of Covid-19 and the Boston Marathon: We can run another day
It’s my job to think about the novel coronavirus. As a journalist at STAT, I’ve…
NIH official suggests large gatherings should be canceled due to coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease researcher, escalated his tone regarding the…
WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging…
CDC developing serologic tests that could reveal full scope of U.S. coronavirus outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing tests that could provide public health…
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STAT Plus: Biotech, bracing for widespread coronavirus fallout, hopes for the best and prepares for the worst
Biotech: Disrupted. As the number of Covid-19 cases expand globally, every corner of the biotech…
Why ‘flattening the curve’ may be the world’s best bet to slow the coronavirus
For many countries staring down fast-rising coronavirus case counts, the race is on to “flatten…
Shortage of crucial chemicals creates new obstacle to U.S. coronavirus testing
The push to increase testing in the U.S. for the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19…
U.S. communities are braced for coronavirus outbreaks. Seattle is already in the thick of it
SEATTLE — As much of the United States prepares to see large clusters of Covid-19,…
FDA halts inspections of foreign plants through April due to coronavirus
The ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to…
Washington, the world’s handshake capital, adjusts to life in the coronavirus era
WASHINGTON — When Vice President Mike Pence reached for a handshake on Thursday, Jan Malcolm,…
PhRMA closes its D.C. headquarters after visitor tests positive for coronavirus
WASHINGTON — The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the Washington lobbying arm for the…
Opinion: What does the coronavirus mean for the U.S. health care system? Some simple math offers alarming answers
Much of the current discourse on — and dismissal of — the Covid-19 outbreak focuses…
Watch: In prescient move, Bill Gates urged Trump to invest in pandemic preparedness two years ago
In words that now seem prescient, Bill Gates said in an interview with STAT two…
Opinion: If Covid-19 gets bad, triage will be needed. Are we ready for that?
The emergence of a new infectious disease that rapidly spreads around the world, like Covid-19,…
The coronavirus outbreak has left medical supplies in short supply. Is the nation’s emergency stockpile ready to help?
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has a secretive, $7 billion stash of emergency medical equipment…
$125M effort to find coronavirus drugs started by Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with the charitable group Wellcome and Mastercard, announced…
Coronavirus spread could last into next year, but impact could be blunted, CDC official says
A top federal health official said Monday that the evolving coronavirus outbreak could persist in…
People ‘shed’ high levels of coronavirus, study finds, but most are likely not infectious after recovery begins
People who contract the novel coronavirus emit high amounts of virus very early on in…
Pace of medical conference shutdowns is accelerating as the coronavirus outbreak spreads
Tanat Chinbunchorn, a physician and HIV prevention researcher, was mid-flight between Bangkok, Thailand, and Boston…
Opinion: Doctors working while sick is bad enough in ordinary times. During the Covid-19 outbreak it could be catastrophic
Earlier this winter, before the coronavirus outbreak, I spoke by phone with a colleague who…
How touching your face can spread viruses — and why you’re so bad at avoiding it
With the outbreak of Covid-19, health care professionals are urging people to regularly refrain from…
To develop a coronavirus vaccine, synthetic biologists try to outdo nature
Even as companies rush to develop and test vaccines against the new coronavirus, the Bill…
STAT’s guide to health care conferences disrupted by the coronavirus crisis
As the novel coronavirus races around the globe, a growing number of conference organizers are…
At Harvard forum, three who know warn of ‘most daunting virus’ in half a century
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For a veteran epidemiologist, an authority on homeland security, and a global…
Top Biogen execs were present at meeting where attendees had Covid-19
Biogen’s CEO, chief financial officer, and head of research and development were among those at…
Susan Desmond-Hellman: The coronavirus is alarming. Here’s why you should not panic
Susan Desmond-Hellmann has a unique set of experiences. Until February, she was the CEO of…
We’re learning a lot about the coronavirus. It will help us assess risk
It has been two months since China announced a previously unknown virus had been identified…
Listen: Pharma’s response to coronavirus, Google’s appetite for health data, and biotech’s rise in China
Does “The Art of the Deal” cover vaccines? Is patient privacy a relic of the…
Progressives push Trump administration to ensure a future coronavirus vaccine is affordable
WASHINGTON — Progressive Democrats are pushing to constrain how much drug makers can charge for…
Covid-19 epidemic forces cancellation of HIMSS health tech conference
The health care technology trade group HIMSS has canceled its annual conference for the first…
Opinion: Coronavirus spending: an expense — or an investment?
In the context of a looming global pandemic, what does it mean to invest in…
How blood plasma from recovered patients could help treat the new coronavirus
When it comes to creating treatments for Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus,…
From ferrets to mice and marmosets, labs scramble to find right animals for coronavirus studies
One lab is digging into its freezer to thaw out the archived sperm of SARS-susceptible…
Watch: Flu has a season, but will Covid-19 melt away with the spring? It’s not so simple
A new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged during the Northern Hemisphere’s flu season. With spring approaching, some…
Opinion: Trump’s immigration policies will make the coronavirus pandemic worse
Pandemics have a way of testing us. Throughout history, societies have responded to plagues by…
Opinion: How innovation is helping mitigate the coronavirus threat
The sudden emergence and rapid spread of a novel coronavirus, now called Covid-19, is a…
Washington State risks seeing explosion in coronavirus without dramatic action, new analysis says
The coronavirus outbreak in the Seattle area is at a critical juncture and could see…