New data from China buttress fears about high coronavirus fatality rate, WHO expert says
One of the hopes of people watching China’s coronavirus outbreak was that the alarming picture…
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CDC expects ‘community spread’ of coronavirus, as top official warns disruptions could be ‘severe’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday warned that it expects the novel…
Coronavirus cases among health workers climb, underscoring the chaos on an outbreak’s front lines
Thousands of health care workers, largely in China, have been infected amid the ongoing coronavirus…
After 40 years, the Alzheimer’s Association sees signs of progress against a devastating disease. Is it real?
CHICAGO — In 1979, a man named Jerome Stone, frustrated with the lack of options…
A Chinese biotech partners with GSK to boost its coronavirus vaccine development
A Chinese biotech has taken up vaccine maker GSK’s offer to share its vaccine-boosting platform…
The coronavirus is picking up steam outside China, narrowing chances of eliminating it
There are worrying signs the coronavirus outbreak is entering a new phase, with spread outside…
Once widely criticized, the Wuhan quarantine bought the world time to prepare for Covid-19
“Could cause panic.” “Will not help end the crisis.” “Could backfire.” When the Chinese government…
The global responders: Who is leading the charge against the coronavirus outbreak
As concerns mount over the coronavirus that first emerged in China, public health officials there…
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Are e-cigarette companies helping smokers quit? Survey suggests Americans don’t buy it
WASHINGTON — E-cigarette companies have been trying for years to rebrand as a public health…
Disease modelers gaze into their computers to see the future of Covid-19, and it isn’t good
At least 550,000 cases. Maybe 4.4 million. Or something in between. Like weather forecasters, researchers…
CDC director: More person-to-person coronavirus infections in U.S. likely, but containment still possible
Health officials believe there is still opportunity to prevent widespread transmission of the coronavirus in…
Understanding pandemics: What they mean, don’t mean, and what comes next with the coronavirus
The word “pandemic” is not a comforting one. And yet it is increasingly being bandied…
Major drug makers haven’t stepped up to manufacture coronavirus vaccine, top U.S. health official says
WASHINGTON — No major pharmaceutical company has come forward to say it would manufacture a…
STAT Plus: WHO adviser says an antimicrobial fund can help a market that ‘needs to be fixed’
Over the past month, the World Health Organization and the Access to Medicines Foundation issued…
Disease caused by the novel coronavirus officially has a name: Covid-19.
The disease caused by the novel coronavirus has a name: Covid-19. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the…
Fluctuating funding and flagging interest hurt coronavirus research, leaving crucial knowledge gaps
Journalists covering the emergence and spread of the new coronavirus in China are awash with…
Chatbots are screening for the new coronavirus — and turning up cases of the flu
SAN FRANCISCO — As the new coronavirus spreads, health-tech startups with medical chatbots are scrambling…
High-profile report on asymptomatic spread of coronavirus based on faulty information, health officials say
A high-profile scientific paper that found that a patient with the new coronavirus had transmitted…
Experts envision two scenarios if the new coronavirus isn’t contained
With the new coronavirus spreading from person to person (possibly including from people without symptoms),…
To fight coronavirus spread, the U.S. may expand ‘social distancing’ measures. But it comes at a cost
Canceling large public gatherings. Asking students to stay home from school. Closing down borders. Many…
Top WHO official says it’s not too late to stop the new coronavirus outbreak
There is still reason to believe the growing coronavirus outbreak in China can be contained,…
U.S. declares public health emergency over coronavirus, bans travel from China by foreign nationals
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday declared a U.S. public health emergency over the…
U.S. to quarantine all U.S. citizens evacuated from Wuhan, as CDC raises pandemic possibility
U.S. health officials said Friday they would forcibly quarantine 195 U.S. citizens who were evacuated…
A coronavirus ‘czar?’ Trump took the opposite course: a 12-member committee
WASHINGTON — President Obama had an Ebola “czar.’’ George W. Bush and Clinton had AIDS…
Study documents first case of coronavirus spread by a person showing no symptoms
People showing no symptoms appear to be able to spread the novel coronavirus that has…
WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the outbreak of a novel coronavirus a global…
CDC confirms first known case of person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in U.S.
U.S. health officials say a person from Illinois who was infected with the new coronavirus…
WHO to reconvene emergency committee to assess global coronavirus threat
The leader of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he will convene another meeting of…
He once sent untrue, alarmist tweets about Ebola. Now, Trump is facing his biggest outbreak emergency — and experts are worried
WASHINGTON — When Ebola was spreading in West Africa in 2014, Donald Trump took to…
The coronavirus questions that scientists are racing to answer
The outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China and its spread to more than a…
New coronavirus can cause infections with no symptoms and sicken otherwise healthy people, studies show
Two papers published Friday in the journal the Lancet offer some of the first rigorous…
Opinion: Using social norms to drive positive changes in health
Well-intentioned efforts to help others often backfire, but we can learn from our mistakes. Vaping…
Opinion: Questionable study casts a cloud over the 75th anniversary of water fluoridation
Seventy-five years ago, on Jan. 25, 1945, public health officials began an experiment in Grand…
Precautions are in place. Now U.S. hospitals and states ready for more cases of novel virus from China
It seemed like it was only a matter of time. Even before the first U.S….
Four ‘generations’ of spread seen with virus in China, alarming experts
Emerging data on the new virus circulating in China adds to evidence there is sustained…
WHO declines to declare China virus outbreak a global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Thursday declined to designate the ongoing outbreak of a novel…
Watch: Why do some viruses spread more widely than others?
As public health officials try to gauge the threat posed by a new virus that…
It’s been sequenced. It’s spread across borders. Now the new pneumonia-causing virus needs a name
Ebola, SARS, swine flu, MERS. With the reality that a previously unknown animal virus has…
WHO postpones decision on whether to declare China outbreak a global public health emergency
The World Health Organization on Wednesday delayed a decision on whether to declare the ongoing…
Trump: Despite U.S. case, China virus is ‘under control’
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday downplayed concerns surrounding an infectious disease outbreak in China…
STAT Plus: Pharma is making some effort to fight superbugs, but progress is ‘patchy’
Amid rising concern over a lack of antibiotics, a new analysis finds most drug makers…
Opinion: We don’t need to ban vaping. We need to build better vaping devices
What’s the health care system to do when thousands of individuals, many of them between…
U.S. to begin health screenings at three airports for cases of novel Chinese virus
U.S. authorities on Friday are set to begin screening travelers arriving in the country from…
Chinese health officials can’t rule out person-to-person spread of new virus
BEIJING — The possibility that a new virus in central China could spread between humans…
Woman with novel pneumonia virus hospitalized in Thailand — the first case outside China
Health authorities on Monday identified a pneumonia case caused by a previously unknown virus in…
First death from Wuhan pneumonia outbreak reported as scientists release DNA sequence of virus
Health authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Saturday reported the first death from…
Trump plan to curb teen vaping exempts some flavors
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials will ban most flavored e-cigarettes popular with underage teenagers, but…
3 challenges to watch in global health in 2020
New Year’s Day may usher in a new decade, but our crystal ball suggests some…
Watch: What is vitamin E acetate, and why does it seem to make some vapers so sick?
Health officials believe they have at least one likely culprit to blame for an outbreak…
New evidence strengthens link between vitamin E acetate and vaping illness
New evidence strengthens the suspected link between a substance known as vitamin E acetate and…