WHO: Nearly 15 million died as a result of Covid-19 in first two years of pandemic
Nearly 15 million people died as a result of Covid-19 in the first two years…
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“Lives could be at stake”: CDC’S Walensky warns of dire stakes surrounding abortion access
A lack of access to legal abortion services could directly lead to American deaths, the…
STAT+: A compromise on patent waivers for Covid-19 vaccines takes a key step at the WTO
A controversial proposal before the World Trade Organization to waive patent rights for Covid-19 vaccines…
Opinion: Global health should not be determined by pharma investors and shareholders
What could go wrong when pharmaceutical company shareholders and investors shape the public health response…
More uniformly infectious, more treatable, more genetically predictable: How coronavirus is getting closer to flu
Hours after a federal judge struck down the federal mask mandate covering air travel and…
Paxlovid’s failure as a preventative measure raises questions, but doctors still back it as a therapeutic
Pfizer released news late Friday that Paxlovid, the antiviral currently subject to a big push…
STAT+: Labor costs from Omicron surge drag Ascension into the red
Ascension lost more than $670 million from patient care in the first three months of…
Pfizer vaccine chief Kathrin Jansen, who led Covid effort, to retire
Kathrin Jansen, the vaccine researcher who led Pfizer’s collaboration with BioNTech to develop a Covid-19…
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Researchers test the power of machine learning to unravel long Covid’s mysteries
Long Covid, with its constellation of symptoms, is proving a challenging moving target for researchers…
Moderna seeks to be first with Covid shots for children younger than 6
Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for…
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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Amgen faces $7B IRS back-tax bill and fine; McKinsey exec apologizes for opioid work during hearing
Rise and shine. Another busy day is on the way. Indeed, the official to-do list…
Opinion: Even when the pandemic fades, the depression it has wrought will linger
The masks are mostly off, group events have become almost normal, and many people believe…
How Paxlovid came to be: From the germ of an idea to a vital tool against Covid
Charlotte Allerton, Pfizer’s head of medicine design, was making dinner — omelets — with her…
Covid’s circling the White House. What are the risks to someone like Biden?
For weeks, the coronavirus has been closing in on the Oval Office. In late March,…
With Omicron, nearly 60% in U.S. have been infected during pandemic
Nearly 60% of people in the United States, including three in four children, have now…
The FDA’s ban on menthol in cigarettes clears a major regulatory hurdle
D.C. Diagnosis is STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine….
Biden administration starts Covid treatment push, focusing on Pfizer’s Paxlovid
The Biden administration announced a series of initiatives Tuesday aimed at increasing the use of…
Experts fear U.S. may default to annual Covid boosters without sufficient data
A number of vaccine experts are concerned the United States may be sleepwalking into a…
Majority of family members of Covid patients treated in the ICU report PTSD symptoms
A majority of family members of Covid-19 patients treated in ICUs reported significant symptoms of…
White House’s Jen Psaki offered a binder full of Covid spending details. Taking a peek was a process
WASHINGTON — It was a striking visual for the television cameras. White House Press Secretary…
What science journalism can’t tell us about Covid-19 deaths
In the first piece of science journalism I ever wrote, I compared deciphering the effects…
Opinion: In mask mandate case, judge ruled on wordplay, not public health
When a Tampa-based federal judge voided the nationwide mandate on wearing masks in transportation venues…
STAT+: Pfizer faces criticism for arguing that intellectual property for its Covid-19 pill is a human right
Numerous advocacy groups and institutional shareholders are chiding Pfizer for arguing that its intellectual property…
Omicron splinters into fast-spreading lineages, highlighting coronavirus’s evolution
Scientists around the world are discovering and tracking newer forms of the Omicron coronavirus variant,…
Biogen’s head-scratching new lobbyist hire
D.C. Diagnosis is STAT’s weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine….
Moderna data yield hope for better Covid boosters, but highlight complexity of figuring out how to give them
New data from Moderna offer hope that booster shots against Covid-19 could become at least…
Covid hasn’t given up all its secrets. Here are 6 mysteries experts hope to unravel
For a formidable adversary with plenty of secrets up its sleeve, the coronavirus presented one…
Federal judge voids U.S. mask mandate for planes, other travel
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida has voided the national mask mandate…
Opinion: Men and women may respond differently to vaccines. Research needs to account for that
Two days after getting my second dose of the Moderna mRNA vaccine as part of…
Kizzmekia Corbett on the pandemic, public service, and her path to becoming a scientist
The world knows Kizzmekia Corbett as one of the designers of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccines….
Opinion: India’s drug regulator has ignored red alerts on Covaxin, imperiling millions of lives
In a shocking turn of events, the World Health Organization warned United Nations agencies against…
Leana Wen talks Covid risk tolerance and her response to critics
When at least 80 out of about 600 people who attended the swanky Gridiron Club…
Listen: Leana Wen on the pandemic’s new normal and whether Twitter is real life
Are we supposed to just get used to superspreader events? What’s going with Editas Medicine?…
Pfizer to seek Covid booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds
Pfizer said Thursday it wants to expand its Covid-19 booster shots to healthy elementary-age kids….
Covid vaccines didn’t work for many cancer patients — but researchers are designing a new shot for them
A couple months before the pandemic started, Joseph Ford started experiencing a rash of pinpoint…
Opinion: The ‘successful failures’ of Apollo 13 and Covid-19 vaccination
Doomed from the start. That phrase neatly describes the Apollo 13 mission, which launched this…
Listen: What’s next for Roche, a debate over second boosters, & Vertex’s recent success
What’s on tap for Roche and its closely followed cancer immunotherapy? Are we all headed…
Tracking an FDA advisory panel meeting on Covid-19 vaccines and boosters
When the Food and Drug Administration last month announced it would be holding another meeting…
STAT+: STAT-Harris Poll: Most Americans would get a Covid-19 booster shot if recommended
As a Food and Drug Administration panel meets Wednesday to sort out the ongoing use…
Biden administration ramps up long Covid research efforts following criticism
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Tuesday announced plans to ramp up research into long…
‘All the shrapnel that’s in my back’: Defiant Robert Redfield blasts former CDC directors for criticism during Covid-19
A defiant Robert Redfield teed off on other former directors of the Centers for Disease…
STAT+: Colombian government faces calls to issue compulsory license for Pfizer’s Covid-19 pill
In the latest bid to expand access to the Pfizer Covid-19 pill, several advocacy groups…
Opinion: Equal treatment for equal risk: Should race be included in allocation algorithms for Covid-19 therapies?
When the Omicron surge threatened to overwhelm hospitals and the number of infections greatly exceeded…
Opinion: Narrowing the vaccine gap as boosters begin for people over 50
The Food and Drug Administration this week authorized a second booster for individuals 50 and…
Senate nears $10 billion deal to buy Covid vaccines, therapeutics
WASHINGTON — Top Senate negotiators are working to reach a deal to provide the Biden…
Pandemic took a toll on teen mental health, CDC report says
NEW YORK — More than 4 in 10 U.S. high school students said they felt…
Opinion: Listen: Tom Sequist on mirrored Covid tragedies — 2,000 miles apart
Like many of us, Tom Sequist had no idea what was about to happen as…
Opinion: There’s no return to normal for millions of children orphaned during Covid
Forgotten in the calls for a “new normal” and the shuffle toward it are the…
U.S. approves second Covid-19 booster for people 50 and older
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized second Covid-19 boosters for people 50 years…
Covid-19 pandemic isn’t over for Black Americans, report warns
A searing report released Tuesday by the Black Coalition Against COVID details the immense toll…