Thanks to physical distancing, masks, doctors see fewer cases of a polio-like condition in children
Many of the respiratory viruses that normally spike in the United States in the fall…
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Opinion: Community health centers can help stamp out Covid-19
“If you are having difficulty breathing, go to an emergency room or call 911.” This…
A Baltimore pastor, preaching about vaccines to the Black community, emphasizes personal agency
Terris King is intimately familiar with the Black community’s skepticism about Covid-19 vaccines. The Baltimore…
Additional Covid-19 vaccines bring choices — and complications — to the rollout
It’s always good for consumers to have options, right? And indeed, the United States should…
South Carolina identifies the first U.S. cases of coronavirus variant first seen in South Africa
Health authorities have identified the first U.S. cases of Covid-19 caused by a fast-spreading form…
Virtual event: Preventing a black market for Covid-19 vaccines
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET….
‘Just utter chaos’: A Twitter thread offers a window into the frustrating search for Covid-19 shots
As an intensive care physician in Phoenix, Arghavan Salles has spent the past several months…
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Opinion: Governments’ alcohol subsidies are harmful to public health
Each January, millions of people around the world make resolutions to cut back on the…
U.S. will have enough Covid-19 vaccines for 300 million Americans by end of summer, Biden says
WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to purchase another 200 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from…
The Moderna vaccine is less effective against one coronavirus variant
Moderna is studying whether booster doses could be necessary after finding its Covid-19 vaccine was…
Opinion: The day we let Covid-19 spin out of control
Jan. 24 marks the one-year anniversary of a momentous but largely unnoticed event in the…
Covid-19 vaccine supply is running low. Here’s how Biden hopes to fix that
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is willing to consider almost anything to boost the nation’s…
The 10 Biden officials to watch on the Covid-19 response
WASHINGTON — President Biden has promised to listen to the experts on Covid-19, but their…
The 9 biggest challenges Biden will face on Covid-19, from today on
WASHINGTON — No president wants a federal emergency. No one in that role is waiting…
What we now know — and don’t know — about the coronavirus variants
The coronavirus variants are, in a word, confusing. By now, you have likely heard about…
New coronavirus variant could become dominant strain in March, CDC warns
A new, more transmissible variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 could sweep the United…
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…
Amid last minute changes and funding shortfalls, Biden adviser predicts a slow start to the ‘100 million vaccines in 100 days’ goal
WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is promising to administer 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine…
Covid-19 deaths are the highest they’ve ever been — and the more infectious variants could make things much worse
As horrific as the U.S. Covid-19 outbreak looks right now, it is almost certainly about…
Combination of two drugs can help treat methamphetamine addiction for some, new clinical trial data shows
As rates of methamphetamine overdose soar in the United States, one of the biggest challenges…
Opinion: States and hospitals: overhaul your vaccine plans with data before it’s too late
The first phase of the vaccine rollout, which is supposed to deliver shots to roughly…
For people with type 1 diabetes, CDC guidelines for Covid-19 vaccine priority are puzzling
Laura Woerner has diligently managed her type 1 diabetes since she was diagnosed at age…
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine not affected by mutation seen in contagious coronavirus variant, study indicates
A mutation found in fast-spreading coronavirus variants does not negate the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer…
Messonnier: The slow vaccine rollout should speed up ‘pretty massively’ in coming weeks
Nancy Messonnier, a top federal health official involved in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, predicted…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A (continued) conversation on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Five key milestones in the Covid-19 pandemic that we’re anticipating in 2021
On the first day of fall, STAT published its best guesses of 30 moments to…
Public health experts grow frustrated with pace of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
WASHINGTON — Some public health experts are expressing mounting frustration with the pace of the…
3 global health issues to watch in 2021
In December 2018, when I set out to write about the global health issues the…
The curse of the incidental illness: Seen as side effects to Covid vaccinations, ailments may have little to do with them
As Covid-19 vaccines go into broad use, some rare side effects of vaccination will almost…
Charting the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, through STAT headlines
At this point, the Covid-19 pandemic — and its impact on the world — needs…
The looming questions scientists need to answer about the new variant of the coronavirus
A variant of the coronavirus that emerged in the United Kingdom has forced London to…
STAT-Harris Poll: Most Americans would support Biden issuing a mask mandate
Most Americans believe the Biden administration should mandate several steps — such as requiring people…
Misting the White House between administrations won’t kill Covid-19 — and it could be harmful, experts say
The federal government is putting $29,000 in taxpayer funds toward a type of cleaning that…
Covid’s strange moment: Joy over vaccines coincides with new levels of deaths and hospitalizations in U.S.
The vaccines — the elixirs that will help drag this pandemic to a close —…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: Talking through the vaccine rollout
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
What does success look like for the Covid-19 vaccine effort?
A version of this story first appeared in D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s weekly newsletter about the…
The polio vaccine had Elvis. Can celebrities similarly spur acceptance of the Covid-19 vaccine?
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton announced earlier this month their…
The coronavirus at 1: A year into the pandemic, what scientists know about how it spreads, infects, and sickens
The coronavirus behind the pandemic presents some vexing dualities. It’s dangerous enough that it dispatches…
The timeline for Covid-19 vaccine distribution keeps slipping. Experts say it will change again
When Bruce Lee was helping the U.S. government model delivery plans for H1N1 influenza vaccines,…
New cancer patients — especially Black people — are more susceptible to severe Covid-19 infections
Recently diagnosed cancer patients are more vulnerable to Covid-19 infection and face more severe illness…
Leading Covid-19 vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna decline invitations to White House ‘Vaccine Summit’
Both Pfizer and Moderna, the two major drug manufacturers likely to receive emergency authorizations for…
On the ground, the pledge to vaccinate 20 million against Covid-19 in December seems unrealistic
Hospitals across the United States are preparing for a Covid-19 vaccine distribution timeline that’s well…
‘Already in short supply’: How climate change could chip away at sleep health
In October 2015, Nick Obradovich was living in San Diego when an intense heatwave smothered…
Public health experts are pressuring Biden to include health expertise in his cabinet
Prominent public health experts are pressuring President-elect Biden and his team to include a doctor…
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STAT+: Burr, in line to lead Senate Republicans’ health strategy, has a long history of antagonizing the FDA
WASHINGTON — Ask some key public health officials, and they’ll warn you that next year,…
Moderna to submit Covid-19 vaccine to FDA as full results show 94% efficacy
Moderna said Monday that its Covid-19 vaccine continued to deliver strong efficacy results, showing 94%…
Opinion: Every state needs emergency regulations to protect essential food workers
The darkest days of the pandemic are still ahead of us, as we head into…
How much did Thanksgiving contribute to Covid-19 spread? It’s wait and see for now
And now we wait. Thanksgiving is over, and public health officials’ persistent warnings that large…
Mask defiance remains strong in Big Sky Country, even as the pandemic rages
A cancer survivor vulnerable to serious illness, Chany Reon worried as the coronavirus swept through…
Opinion: Add Covid-related myocarditis, mechanical ventilation, and death to this year’s football risks
Our fourth annual Football Injury Highlight Reel is taking a different tack this year. In…