Opinion: My ‘postmortem’ folder and the intensely personal nature of the latest Covid-19 surge
Each morning I when I arrive at my primary care clinic, the first thing I…
Category: infectious disease
Opinion: Listen: A medical historian on infectious diseases as the ‘third army’ of the Civil War
In this episode of the “First Opinion Podcast,” medical historian Jonathan S. Jones explains the…
STAT+: Will India issue sidestep patents on a pair of pricey — but lifesaving — TB drugs?
A widely anticipated court hearing will be held in India on Wednesday over the cost…
‘The next big one must be prevented’: The lessons the world can learn from epidemics that were contained
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage, a new report urges the world not to…
Covid-19 gave scientists an opening to better understand how brain disorders arise
While the Covid-19 pandemic put many human research studies on hold, neuroscientist Grainne McAlonan of…
‘No one was listening’: Long Covid patients struggle to get care for their symptoms
Last summer, in the six weeks after she began feeling terrifyingly breathless and was briefly…
1 in 3 Covid-19 patients are diagnosed with a neuropsychiatric condition in the next six months, large study finds
Six months after being diagnosed with Covid-19, 1 in 3 patients also had experienced a…
An HIV lab’s pivot to develop a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine wins STAT Madness ‘Editors’ Pick’
On Jan. 10 last year, Dan Barouch and members of his vaccine research lab were…
Researchers pursuing novel treatments for herpes infections and diabetes win STAT Madness
From curing herpes to treating diabetes in a new way, their innovations might one day…
What we know and don’t know about long Covid
It doesn’t have a formal name or a definition. No one can predict who will…
Rising Covid-19 cases in some states highlight ‘precarious position’ as variants build up in U.S.
The United States is in for a celebratory summer, experts and political leaders have forecasted…
Bombshell analysis traces new Ebola outbreak to survivor of West Africa crisis
A survivor of the massive 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak almost certainly triggered an outbreak…
Schools may see a burst of the common cold when they reopen, research suggests
A curious thing happened when Hong Kong reopened schools after closing them because of the…
Q&A: How the U.S. can respond to coronavirus variants, and prepare for future evolution
Coronavirus variants are here. Now what? A new report from infectious disease experts provides policy…
Covid-19 cases are falling in the U.S. It could be a calm before a variant-driven storm
If the U.S. Covid-19 epidemic were a marathon, the country might have made it to…
‘What other variants might be out there?’ An expert on viral evolution on what’s happening with coronavirus mutations
“Variants” is the latest term to leap from the infectious disease lexicon to the general…
‘A waste of money’: The home Covid-19 test funded by the Biden administration is too costly and complex, critics say
For months, U.S. public health experts have called on the federal government to approve and…
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A viral mystery: Can one infection prevent another?
In September 2009, the H1N1 swine flu had arrived in Portugal, Spain, and the UK,…
In LA, ambulances circle for hours and ICUs are full. Is this what Covid-19 has in store for the rest of the country?
LOS ANGELES — The situation here is dire. Every minute, 10 people test positive for…
Most patients hospitalized for Covid-19 still have symptoms six months later, China study finds
Three-quarters of Covid-19 patients still have at least one symptom six months after first falling…
Opinion: David Dinkins, former NYC mayor, a teacher for our times
In the decades before Covid-19, two frightening infectious disease epidemics — HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis —…
Explanations for ‘long Covid’ remain elusive. For now, believing patients and treating symptoms is the best doctors can do
Nearly a year into the coronavirus pandemic, the perplexing problems of Covid-19 long-haulers seem no…
Charting the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, through STAT headlines
At this point, the Covid-19 pandemic — and its impact on the world — needs…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with Nobel laureate Charles Rice
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Opinion: In the shadow of Covid-19 lurks the threat of a fearful measles outbreak
I grew up in the 1940s and 1950s. My mother had polio. I and all…
Listen: Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine: the debate, details, and distribution
Are Covid-19 vaccines safe for teens? Is the U.S. taking too long to authorize one?…
FDA scientists endorse ‘highly effective’ Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine ahead of key panel
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration endorsed the efficacy and safety of the Covid-19…
Opinion: Covid-19 vaccine safety and the public trust: lessons from Paul Meier and polio
Early results of the Covid-19 vaccine trials sponsored by Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca are welcome…
Opinion: I worked hard to protect myself from Covid-19 and the flu. Yet I got both — at the same time
My painful excursion into the world of dueling infections started on a Tuesday afternoon with…
As a new Covid-19 treatment arrives, hospitals scramble to solve logistical and ethical challenges
When the federal government started handing out a newly authorized Covid-19 treatment last week, some…
WHO group recommends against using remdesivir to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients
A World Health Organization panel is now recommending against the use of the antiviral remdesivir…
Delirium could signal Covid-19 infection in older adults, study finds
Delirium may be an early warning sign of Covid-19 infection in older adults, a new…
FDA allows first rapid coronavirus test that gives results at home
WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Tuesday allowed emergency use of the first rapid coronavirus test…
Bill Gates worries about a ‘dysfunctional’ approach to Covid-19 vaccine distribution
Bill Gates fears a “dysfunctional” approach to distributing Covid-19 vaccines, he said Tuesday, despite an…
Opinion: Proposed British guidelines reject useless chronic fatigue syndrome treatments
For years, the prevailing “wisdom” about people diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome was they were…
‘They’ve been following the science’: How the Covid-19 pandemic has been curtailed in Cherokee Nation
While the United States flounders in its response to the coronavirus, another nation — one…
The Road Ahead: Charting the coronavirus pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
Think back through the pandemic. Think about the moments that stand out as beacons in…
Persistent symptoms after viral illnesses such as Covid-19 are common, but a challenge to study
From 2014 to 2018, DePaul University psychologist Leonard Jason and colleagues collected personal information and…
‘Carnage’ in a lab dish shows how the coronavirus may damage the heart
Maybe we should think of Covid-19 as a heart disease. When SARS-CoV-2 virus was added…
Millions of Americans carry the sickle cell trait, many without knowing it. Could they be at risk for severe Covid-19?
Sickle cell disease, which causes Covid-like symptoms — clotting, strokes, and severe oxygen deprivation — …
Inexpensive steroids reduce deaths of hospitalized Covid-19 patients, WHO analysis confirms
Use of inexpensive, readily available steroid drugs to treat people hospitalized with Covid-19 reduced the…
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Immigration status, housing, and food-service work explain Covid-19’s burden on Latinos
A new analysis of one state’s Covid-19 data lays bare some of the reasons behind…
First Covid-19 reinfection documented in Hong Kong, researchers say
Researchers in Hong Kong on Monday reported what appears to be the first confirmed case…
Opinion: Infections acquired in health facilities are a big problem. National reporting can help fix it
Contagious diseases are as old as time and routinely appear in health care settings. New…
Seven months later, what we know about Covid-19 — and the pressing questions that remain
The “before times” seem like a decade ago, don’t they? Those carefree days when hugging…
Opinion: We need new antimicrobials to prevent the next infectious disease crisis
Imagine if scientists had seen Covid-19 coming years in advance yet did little to prepare….
Long after the fire of a Covid-19 infection, mental and neurological effects can still smolder
Early on, patients with both mild and severe Covid-19 say they can’t breathe. Now, after…
Opinion: The DRC needs an Ebola survivor program to truly quell its outbreak
If the Democratic Republic of the Congo truly wants to break free of Ebola, it…
Opinion: The curious link between kids’ birthdays and their getting the flu vaccine
Getting the influenza vaccine will be even more important for adults and children this fall…
Opinion: We need to forecast epidemics like we forecast the weather
Disease-modeling communities around the world have been working tirelessly since January to predict how and…