WHO drops hydroxychloroquine from Covid-19 clinical trial
The World Health Organization on Wednesday said it was dropping the malaria medicine hydroxychloroquine from…
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Immunity to the coronavirus remains a mystery. Scientists are trying to crack the case
Scientists stress that just because someone has recovered from Covid-19 and produced antibodies to the…
‘We don’t actually have that answer yet’: WHO clarifies comments on asymptomatic spread of Covid-19
A top World Health Organization official clarified on Tuesday that scientists have not determined yet…
WHO resuming hydroxychloroquine study for Covid-19, after reviewing safety concerns
The World Health Organization is resuming a clinical trial exploring whether the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine…
Opinion: Cutting ties with WHO creates a scientific and leadership vacuum
In yet another example of brash finger-pointing, President Trump called out China last week as…
Experts warn of dire global health consequences if U.S. withdraws from the World Health Organization
An American withdrawal from the World Health Organization could wreak profound damage on the global…
Trump: U.S. will terminate relationship with the World Health Organization in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
President Trump said Friday the U.S. would halt its funding of the World Health Organization…
Pharma leaders shoot down WHO voluntary pool for patent rights on Covid-19 products
The heads of some of the world’s largest drug makers expressed a mix of confusion…
STAT Plus: A pharma effort to work with European officials to develop new drugs is a “failure”
In a scathing report, a pair of non-governmental organizations accused the European pharmaceutical industry of…
WHO warns millions of children at risk as Covid-19 pandemic disrupts routine vaccinations
Some 80 million babies around the world are at higher risk of diseases like diphtheria,…
Opinion: The growing global appetite for meat increases the risk of future ‘spillover’ pandemics. We can do something about it
I was a pandemic specialist for 15 years, leading projects under the emerging pandemic threats…
In combative remarks, Azar tells WHO that its Covid-19 response ‘cost many lives’
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Alex Azar on Monday publicly blasted the World Health Organization, telling…
World Health Assembly draft resolution boosts access to Covid-19 medicines
World Health Assembly negotiators have agreed on a draft resolution that ensures countries can navigate…
Opinion: A global pathogen shield: the health security step to ‘never again’
In the name of strategic defense, the world’s nations have amassed enough nuclear weapons to…
Doctors in Europe, New York report rare cases of pediatric inflammatory condition, possibly caused by coronavirus
Fifteen children in New York City have been hospitalized for what officials called a “multi-system…
New CRISPR-based test for Covid-19 could be a simple, cheap at-home diagnostic, scientists say
The revolutionary genetic technique better known for its potential to cure thousands of inherited diseases…
Opinion: A service trip to Peru offers lessons for treating Covid-19 in the U.S.
In mid-February, just before the reality of Covid-19 took hold in the United States, I…
Three potential futures for Covid-19: recurring small outbreaks, a monster wave, or a persistent crisis
As epidemiologists attempt to scope out what Covid-19 has in store for the U.S. this…
Opinion: Trump’s cuts to WHO funding: irresponsible, irrational, and simply wrong
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us that an infectious disease outbreak in one corner of…
NIH Director Francis Collins on Tony Fauci, the WHO, and running a $39 billion research agency from home
WASHINGTON — Francis Collins hasn’t set foot on the National Institutes of Health’s campus in…
Opinion: Poor countries have made extraordinary progress against epidemic disease. We need to learn from them
About two months ago, when Covid-19 was still a somewhat distant problem in the United…
CDC director distances himself from Trump’s WHO criticism, saying the agencies ‘continue to have’ strong relationship
Just hours after President Trump announced his intention to cut off U.S. funding for the…
Trump announces a formal freeze on WHO funding, pending an investigation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump formally announced Tuesday that the United States will freeze funding…
New Ebola case dashes hopes that the 2-year-old DRC outbreak was over
The long-running Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has encountered another setback,…
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: I am far more than ‘just a nurse’
I inspect my patient from head to toe and then left to right across her…
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…
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…
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…
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…
What explains Covid-19’s lethality for the elderly? Scientists look to ‘twilight’ of the immune system
Researchers on Monday announced the most comprehensive estimates to date of elderly people’s elevated risk…
Opinion: Community health workers will be the main defense in rural Uganda against coronavirus
It is a cool, still morning in Seeta Nazigo Village, Central Uganda. The heavy seasonal…
Covid-19’s resurgence in Hong Kong holds a lesson: Defeating it demands persistence
As a mysterious virus raced through Wuhan, China, 570 miles to the north, residents in…
When can we let up? Health experts craft strategies to safely relax coronavirus lockdowns
With countries from Italy to the U.S. having waited too long to combat the coronavirus,…
Desperate for Covid-19 answers, U.S. doctors turn to colleagues in China
Even as the Covid-19 outbreak has already overwhelmed some U.S. hospitals, in many cities anxious…
For people with underlying health conditions, the coronavirus presents ‘all the ingredients’ for danger
An infection from the coronavirus can be a formidable threat to anyone. But it is…
A plea from doctors in Italy: To avoid Covid-19 disaster, treat more patients at home
A dozen physicians at the epicenter of Italy’s Covid-19 outbreak issued a plea to the…
Opinion: I fought Ebola. Here’s my advice for health workers fighting Covid-19
In the summer of 2014, as I was preparing to fly to West Africa as…
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Understanding what works: How some countries are beating back the coronavirus
With Europe and the United States locked in deadly battle with the coronavirus that causes…
Facing medical supply shortages, Trump invokes wartime law that could give government authority over private manufacturing
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said he would invoke the Defense Production Act, a…
Opinion: A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data
The current coronavirus disease, Covid-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also…
Explaining a mass quarantine: What does it mean to ‘shelter in place’? And who has the power to call for it?
WASHINGTON — Six counties in the San Francisco metro area made headlines when they announced…
Lower death rate estimates for coronavirus, especially for non-elderly, provide glimmer of hope
In a rare piece of good news about Covid-19, a team of infectious disease experts…
Opinion: Overreaction may be a bigger threat to public health than the novel coronavirus
In many infectious diseases, the immune system’s reaction to a virus, bacteria, or other pathogen…
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The new coronavirus can likely remain airborne for some time. That doesn’t mean we’re doomed
When a new virus blasts out of the animals that harbored it and into people,…
As the coronavirus spreads, a drug that once raised the world’s hopes is given a second shot
A decade ago, a group of chemists cooked up a compound they simply called 3a…
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…
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,…
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…