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DISTANCED: Pandemic stories of Black life in the rural South
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Covid-19 set to overtake 1918 Spanish flu as deadliest disease in American history
The Covid-19 pandemic is about to become the deadliest disease event in American history, with…
What will the Covid-19 booster roll out look like? Public health groups plan as they await details
Health agencies, providers, and other groups tasked with the herculean effort to vaccinate the public…
FDA vaccine regulators argue against Covid-19 vaccine boosters in new international review
A group of international experts — including, notably, two outgoing Food and Drug Administration vaccine…
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In early January 2020, most of the world hadn’t yet awakened to the fact that…
FDA misses deadline for deciding which e-cigarette products should be removed from the market
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it has failed to meet…
How the Delta variant’s remarkable ability to replicate threw new twists into the Covid-19 pandemic
One of the key reasons the Delta variant has ignited new surges of Covid-19 infections across…
Opinion: Listen: A scientist-parent on heading back-to-school with Delta
Alicia Zhou was worried about sending her son, Davi, to in-person first grade this year,…
How the risk of side effects could change with Covid-19 vaccine boosters
Additional doses of Covid-19 vaccines are likely rolling out in the United States later this…
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Visualizing how fast the pandemic is getting better or worse, state by state
Well over a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, visualizations of case data have become ubiquitous….
The White House wants $65 billion for an Apollo-style pandemic preparedness program
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday unveiled a sweeping new biosecurity plan, outlining a…
Vaccination reduces risk of long Covid, even when people are infected, U.K. study indicates
People who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 appear to have a much lower likelihood of…
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Biden pledged to ‘follow the science.’ But experts say he’s sometimes fallen short
WASHINGTON — It’s a mantra that President Biden has repeated since the early days of…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversation: Covid in the classroom: Keeping your kids safe
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
Opinion: We know how to keep kids safe from Covid-19 in school. Now we need to do it
I live with someone who hasn’t been vaccinated against Covid-19. He’s my first-grader. Like all…
Kindergarten or ‘Russian roulette’? To some parents, the Delta variant and lax mask rules make those one and the same
Her daughter just started kindergarten. Or, as she called it, “Russian roulette.” That’s because the…
Viral evolution 101: Why the coronavirus has changed as it has, and what it means going forward
It’s impossible to say how the coronavirus will continue to evolve. Those changes, after all,…
Opinion: To vaccinate more Americans, lean into outbreaks
As the Delta variant surges across almost all states in the U.S. causing local outbreaks,…
‘It’s soul-draining’: Health workers deployed to Covid hot zones are overwhelmed by deaths among the unvaccinated
BATON ROUGE, La. — Bren Ingle watched through a set of twin glass doors as…
Scientists unlock clues to determining how safe vaccinated people are from Covid-19
Imagine peering into people’s blood and being able to pick up a simple marker of…
Opinion: Don’t let children under 12 slip through the cracks in the fight against Covid
“Vaxxed and waxed” may be the TikTok sensation of the moment, a rallying cry for…
No new monkeypox cases reported after health officials monitor hundreds
No new cases of monkeypox have been identified among the people monitored for possible exposure…
For many, the belated realization that Covid will be ‘a long war’ sparks anger and denial
In May, when the CDC said fully vaccinated people could ditch masks and social distancing,…
Opinion: A close brush with gun violence made me think about how to confront an epidemic during a pandemic
How do we cope with an epidemic in the middle of a pandemic? It’s a…
What Delta has changed in the Covid pandemic — and what it hasn’t
In some respects, the Delta variant has changed everything in the Covid-19 pandemic. In others,…
Opinion: Smoothing the path to fighting food insecurity
Many Americans take good nutrition for granted. They shouldn’t. Hunger is a growing problem in the…
Biden wants $100 rewards for those who get vaccinated against Covid-19 — but there’s little he can do to make it happen
WASHINGTON – President Biden wants states to give $100 to people who get vaccinated against…
Virtual event: The next battles in the war against HIV
Despite many strides in treatment and prevention, the HIV epidemic continues and disproportionately impacts women…
‘There is a real cost’: As Covid shows, barring bedside visitors from ICU deprives patients of the best care
For Teresa Ciappa, home was other people — and for the people in her life,…
CDC to recommend masks indoors even for some vaccinated against Covid-19
Federal health officials will recommend Tuesday that even people who’ve had their Covid-19 shots wear…
Why is Delta such a big deal? And other burning questions about the next phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
The rise of the Delta variant has driven new Covid-19 outbreaks, rattled markets, and reminded…
Opinion: Circumventing Covid-19 with better ventilation and air quality
Gathering outdoors has provided people a safer alternative to meeting inside during the Covid-19 pandemic….
How Delta is pushing the U.S. into a new phase of the Covid-19 pandemic
For the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic, hospitalizations and deaths followed infection patterns by…
Opinion: Since the CDC’s mid-May guidance on wearing masks, we’re no longer all in this together
Before there were magnificently effective Covid-19 vaccines, “We’re all in this together” was a crucial…
Biden to nominate Atul Gawande for global health position
President Biden will nominate noted surgeon and writer Atul Gawande for a global health position…
Biden to nominate West Virginia’s Rahul Gupta as drug czar
WASHINGTON — President Biden will nominate Rahul Gupta, a March of Dimes executive and former…
Opinion: Managed care’s role in protecting women from childbirth-related complications
The coronavirus pandemic brought the importance of public health to the forefront of national attention….
When and how will we know if we need Covid-19 booster shots?
There’s a lot we don’t yet know about the data behind Pfizer and BioNTech’s renewed…
Experts warn full Covid-19 vaccine approval is no quick fix for hesitancy
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration issuing full approval for two Covid-19 vaccines might…
Pfizer to seek FDA authorization for third, booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine
Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine,…
Can we stretch existing Covid vaccines to inoculate more people? Experts are divided
With the global supply of Covid-19 vaccine still woefully inadequate, vaccine makers are scouring the…
Smokers of menthol cigarettes have a harder time quitting, large new study finds
A new study published Tuesday finds that smoking menthol cigarettes versus unflavored cigarettes is associated…
12 lessons Covid-19 taught us about developing vaccines during a pandemic
The extraordinary drive to develop Covid-19 vaccines was like a moonshot — and like that fabled…
Opinion: Confronting a legacy of scarcity: a plan for reinvesting in U.S. public health
Public health in America is in crisis, a sad fact that the Covid-19 pandemic has…
After racing to help the world understand Covid-19, scientists grapple with how to pick up the research they put on hold
In the earliest days of the pandemic, it was the small, long-underfunded coterie of dedicated…
CDC advisory panel backs use of dengue vaccine in high-risk areas, despite delivery challenges
An expert panel voted Thursday to advise that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Opinion: Next steps for wastewater testing to help end this pandemic — and prevent the next one
Essential data can be found in the most unexpected places, including the wastewater flowing freely…
Officials note ‘likely association’ between Covid-19 vaccines and rare heart condition in young people
U.S. scientists said Wednesday that there was a “likely association” between mRNA Covid-19 vaccines and…
Opinion: Health care is a human right in times of crisis. Why not every day?
Much of the world has settled the matter of whether health care ought to be…