STAT+: Simmering disputes persist as Covid patent waiver talks come down to the wire
On Sunday, the World Trade Organization will hold a long-delayed ministerial conference to craft a…
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Opinion: Waiving intellectual property rights is a flawed solution to achieving Covid-19 vaccine equity
When the history of the Covid-19 pandemic is written, readers will be as stunned by…
Are these Cocoa Krispies-loving hamsters a key to cracking long Covid?
New York — In late 2020, Justin Frere, a wiry M.D./Ph.D. student dressed in head-to-toe…
Listen: Applause-worthy cancer data, the long wait for Novavax, & the next FDA controversy
When is data “practice-changing”? How many Covid-19 vaccines do we need? And what does it…
Opinion: Wastewater monitoring: how to strengthen and sustain an important public health tool
Wastewater monitoring has gained visibility and credibility as an effective pandemic management tool. Yet despite…
Moderna says Omicron-containing booster outperforms current vaccine
Moderna said Wednesday that using a new version of its Covid-19 vaccine as a booster…
Homeless and incarcerated people in Minnesota struggled to access Covid vaccines
Homeless and incarcerated people had significantly lower Covid vaccination rates than others in Minnesota, according…
FDA advisers recommend authorization of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine
Experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to recommend the…
FDA scientists say Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine is effective, but also raise concerns
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration said the Covid-19 vaccine developed by the biotech…
‘Too little too late’: Unpacking Biden’s moves to improve federal prisons’ response to Covid-19
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is trying to finally unsnarl the federal Bureau of Prisons’…
Listen: Biotech’s catch-22, a $100 genome, & dealing with monkeypox
Will gene therapy ever live up to expectations? Can anyone break up the genomics monopoly?…
How the Covid-19 pandemic prepared the White House to respond to monkeypox
WASHINGTON — The man at the center of the White House’s biodefense strategy is only…
Opinion: Kids and Covid-19: The urgency of equity should outweigh the urgency of normal
Across the United States, there’s a universal longing for the day when children no longer…
Opinion: Listen: Covid-19 is leaving millions of orphaned children behind
The number of children who become orphans because of Covid-19 rises each week: Over 10.5…
Faulty oxygen readings delayed Covid treatments for darker-skinned patients, study finds
Covid-19 care, including distribution of lifesaving therapies, was significantly delayed for Black and Hispanic patients…
STAT+: The World Health Assembly moves to bolster clinical trials, but some say it falls short
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution designed to…
An emergency doctor and parent sorts through Covid vaccine options for kids under 5
After months of delays and setbacks, there finally appears to be hope that there will…
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Coronavirus hasn’t developed resistance to Paxlovid. How long can that last?
When the patient came back 10 days later, coughing repeatedly and complaining of headache, Davey…
Listen: Covid vaccines for the youngest kids, ASCO preview, & a biotech CEO’s arrest on murder charges
Covid vaccines for the youngest kids are up for review, but which jab — Moderna…
California senators advance three bills meant to crack down on health insurers
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
STAT+: There may be a backdoor way for hospitals to get paid for uninsured Covid-19 care
WASHINGTON — The federal health department shut down a program that paid hospitals and clinics…
‘Information is a determinant of health’: Google executive on monkeypox and other challenges
Karen DeSalvo’s latest challenge came in the nanometer-sized envelope of a virus: monkeypox. Since becoming…
As reports of ‘Paxlovid rebound’ increase, Covid researchers scramble for answers
As he was treating some of the nation’s first coronavirus patients, Andre Kalil noticed something…
Pfizer/BioNTech to seek Covid vaccine authorization for children under age 5
Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech said they will complete their submission for emergency use authorization…
CDC advisory committee recommends Covid boosters for kids ages 5 to 11
A key vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to recommend that children between the ages of…
Listen: Mysterious infections, dwindling Covid funds, & Shkreli out of prison
What happens when the White House runs out of Covid-19 money? Why are kids suddenly…
AstraZeneca’s ambitious vaccine dreams are finally, officially dead
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and…
Watch: Why isn’t there a nasal vaccine for Covid-19 yet?
Covid-19 vaccines have rapidly altered our relationship with SARS-CoV-2, turning a dangerous infection into something…
Large U.K. study links vaccination after Covid infection to lower odds of long Covid symptoms
Ever since Covid-19 vaccines became available, some people with long Covid have said vaccination eases…
Opinion: Does Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Show us the data!
As a primary care doctor in New York City, I am grateful to drug companies…
Opinion: Listen: The faces of Covid at 1 million deaths and counting
When Covid-19 began tearing across the U.S. in March 2020, Alex Goldstein started posting on…
FDA clears Covid booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11
U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a Covid-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping…
As Congress takes up FDA oversight of dietary supplements, a lobbying showdown looms
You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and…
Opinion: Omitting long Covid from pandemic messaging is harmful for public health
Public health messaging about Covid-19 has focused almost exclusively on hospitalizations and deaths. The omission…
What happens when the government stops buying Covid-19 vaccines?
WASHINGTON — The federal government has distributed Covid-19 vaccines and treatments for free so far,…
FDA rejects antidepressant seen as possible Covid-19 treatment
The Food and Drug Administration declined Monday to authorize a 30-year-old generic antidepressant as a…
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Opinion: One million reasons to reimagine end-of-life care
The magnitude of loss from Covid-19 — 1 million-plus deaths, many millions more grieving loved…
Opinion: Turn off the spigot for hospitals’ Covid-19 relief funding
Hospitals are calling on Congress for more Covid-19 relief even though they had higher profit…
Listen: A CEO’s arrest, Pfizer’s big deal, & Covid on the rise
Is the next Covid surge upon us? How do you make $350,000 a day in…
What the current spike in Covid-19 cases could say about the coronavirus’s future
As the Omicron wave subsided in the United States earlier this year, many experts anticipated…
Opinion: Covid-19 deaths in the United States: Reinforcing the notion of ‘two Americas’
The notion of Covid-19 causing two Americas was on many minds in the summer of…
Telehealth aims to crack open Paxlovid’s prescription bottleneck
After months of shortages, pharmacies across the United States are being stocked with drugs to…
Opinion: The faces of Covid
Across the United States, more than 1 million of our family members, friends, neighbors, co-workers,…
Watch: A STAT reporter’s race to keep up with Covid-19
The ticker tape of the infectious disease world, ProMED, posts a steady stream of reports…
The ‘five pandemics’ driving 1 million U.S. Covid deaths
Officially, the U.S. will almost certainly reach an awful milestone in the next two weeks:…
STAT+: Covid shots made Moderna biotech’s biggest star, but what now?
What does a breakout company like Moderna do for an encore? More than a decade…
White House documents detail a looming squeeze on Covid-19 boosters
WASHINGTON — The White House could run out of Covid-19 vaccines if it moves forward…
FDA limits use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, citing clotting risk
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it was limiting access to Johnson &…
Prisons didn’t prescribe much Paxlovid or other Covid-19 treatments, even when they got the drugs
Federal prisons utilized just a fraction of the antiviral drugs they were allocated to keep…
Listen: Succession at Biogen, surprises at Vertex, & a potential superspreader dinner
Who’s going to run Biogen? Does Aduhelm have a future? And is it OK to…