Opinion: AI chatbots can improve health — but only with help from humans
Chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT can hold fun conversations across many topics. But when it comes…
Category: vaccines
‘Truth is losing the battle’: FDA commissioner on grappling with a wave of health misinformation
The Food and Drug Administration is considering whether it needs to revamp guidance on how…
STAT+: U.K. lawmakers urge Pfizer not to raise the price of its Covid-19 vaccine
Several U.K. lawmakers have asked Pfizer not to raise the price of its Covid-19 vaccine,…
STAT+: Pfizer is scolded by a U.K. trade group for remarks its CEO made about vaccination
After weeks of deliberation, Pfizer was scolded by a U.K. pharmaceutical industry trade group after…
FDA advisers recommend updating Covid vaccines
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday to back a plan whereby all…
Live blog: Tracking the meeting of the FDA advisory panel on Covid vaccines
Fasten your seat belts, folks. We’re about to hit some turbulence. If you’re reading this,…
Updated Covid-19 booster still providing strong protection against newer variants, CDC study finds
The protection offered by the updated Covid-19 booster appears to be holding up against the…
FDA scientists propose an annual Covid shot matched to current strains
Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration propose making Covid vaccination a regular, once-a-year shot…
Listen: How blockbusters get made, new vaccines for RSV, and mRNA’s Q score
Where do new drugs come from? Does science need billionaires? And do normal people care…
HIV vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson fails clinical trial
Yet another experimental HIV vaccine has failed. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases…
STAT+: Moderna says RSV vaccine worked, setting stage for competition with GSK and Pfizer
Moderna’s vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, reduced the rate of lower respiratory…
Biden Covid adviser David Kessler to exit as pandemic response winds down
WASHINGTON — David Kessler, the D.C. veteran who guided government dispatches of millions of Covid-19…
Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for the third year in a row
The percentage of U.S. kindergartners who’ve received standard childhood vaccines took a small but notable…
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Opinion: Another Ebola outbreak, another missed opportunity for preparedness
When I learned that an outbreak of Ebola was declared in Uganda last fall, I…
Still fuming over the federal Covid response, Republicans redirect the House coronavirus committee
WASHINGTON — The House’s coronavirus committee will continue in a Republican-controlled chamber — but with…
STAT+: Moderna plans to follow in Pfizer’s footsteps, charge up to $130 for Covid-19 vaccine in U.S.
Moderna disclosed Monday that it plans to price its Covid-19 vaccine at anywhere from $110…
STAT+: Novavax replaces CEO, citing need for “fresh perspective”
The vaccine maker Novavax, which has faced several years of dramatic ups and downs around…
Opinion: Reducing the threat of vaccine-preventable diseases starts with kids
Americans have been warned — again — about lax attention to routine vaccinations. This time…
STAT+: Lawmakers tell Pfizer CEO to ‘back off’ on planned price hike for Covid-19 vaccine
A pair of U.S. lawmakers wrote Pfizer chief executive officer Albert Bourla that he should…
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STAT+: Moderna cancer vaccine reduces melanoma’s return by 44%
An experimental cancer vaccine being developed by the biotechnology firm Moderna and the drug giant…
An early lesson from the Uganda Ebola vaccine trial: Shots must be ready to go before the next outbreak strikes
A clinical trial of vaccines targeting the Ebola Sudan virus is starting this week in…
Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study
This Wednesday will mark two years since nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in…
Jynneos mpox vaccine provided strong protection against infection, new CDC data show
People who received one or two doses of mpox vaccine contracted the infection at substantially…
FDA authorizes updated Covid-19 boosters for youngest children
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it had amended the emergency use authorizations for…
Real-world data show updated Covid-19 boosters increase protection against infection
The updated Covid-19 boosters increase people’s protection against symptomatic infection from the coronavirus, according to…
mRNA revolutionized the race for a Covid-19 vaccine. Could cancer be next?
This story has been adapted from the STAT Report “The future of messenger RNA: Covid-19…
mRNA drugs with a built-in ‘copy machine’ could lead to safer, more effective therapies
This story has been adapted from the STAT Report “The future of messenger RNA: Covid-19…
The scientist behind Pfizer’s Covid vaccine says a flu pandemic is only a matter of time
BOSTON — Even after leading the charge combating the worst pandemic in a century, vaccine…
Covid-19 vaccines were a success, but mRNA still has a delivery problem. Two startups have an unorthodox solution
This story has been adapted from the STAT Report “The future of messenger RNA: Covid-19…
White House’s Jha isn’t predicting a holiday Covid surge this year
Ashish Jha, the White House Covid-19 coordinator, predicted Tuesday that the United States will not…
‘A very worrying scenario’: Internal documents on India Covid-19 vaccine raise troubling questions about approval process
As the Covid-19 pandemic spread across the world two years ago, one of India’s leading…
Moderna data suggests new Covid booster is more effective against Omicron variants
New data indicate Moderna’s Covid bivalent booster may be more effective against currently circulating Omicron…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Lilly says fake Twitter account offered free insulin; AstraZeneca drops plans for Covid shot in the U.S.
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
Opinion: Lessons from polio about the need to vaccinate kids against Covid-19
As pediatricians, epidemiologists, and professors of public health — as well as mothers — we…
U.S. set to face third Covid winter without key tools and treatments
The country is heading into its third Covid winter without crucial tools we’ve relied on…
Free sunscreen, ear plugs — and Covid shots? At the NASCAR race, vaccinations are still a tough sell
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Under the bright lights of the Phoenix Raceway, as a hundred thousand…
Pfizer, BioNTech report bivalent Covid-19 booster more protective than original vaccine
New data from Pfizer and BioNTech on their bivalent Covid-19 vaccine suggests the updated product…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: Italy probes Pfizer over profit transfers; FDA postpones meeting for OTC birth control pill
Rise and shine, another busy day is on the way. However, this is also shaping…
Got questions about the timing of flu and Covid vaccines? Here’s what experts say
Over the past few weeks, cases of flu have begun to creep up across the…
On the campaign trail, Republicans ramp up anti-science, anti-Covid, often anti-Fauci messaging
WASHINGTON — Even as the pandemic fades from our daily lives, it is at the…
Opinion: To learn lessons from pandemics, don’t listen to big pharma
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the leaders of wealthy countries pledged to respond with “global…
Biden officials scramble for a backup as Covid variants threaten a key therapy for immunocompromised people
WASHINGTON — Biden health officials are bracing for the prospect that the country’s sole preventive…
STAT+: European Prosecutor’s Office confirms it’s investigating European Union Covid vaccine contracts
In an unusual step, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) confirmed it has opened an…
Opinion: Polio eradication is in sight. Don’t stop funding it now
When it comes to eradicating infectious diseases, there can be no half measures: it’s an…
Opinion: Monkeypox vaccine: a case study for real-world data
With health emergencies becoming more common, the world needs more efficient ways to test the…
FDA authorizes updated Covid-19 boosters for kids as young as 5
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated Covid-19 boosters for kids as young…
Opinion: The first malaria vaccine is here. Let’s meet the moment
One child dies every two minutes from malaria. Wider use of a new vaccine can…
To boost rural vaccination rates, health officials head for NASCAR
WASHINGTON — The federal government, which has long struggled to increase Covid-19 vaccinations in rural…
From BQ.1.1 to XBB and beyond: How the splintering of Omicron variants could shape Covid’s next phase
The United States is in a (relative) Covid-19 lull, with cases and hospitalizations falling as…
Who will get the call from Stockholm? It’s time for STAT’s 2022 Nobel Prize predictions
We live in a time where the rate of medical and superlative scientific advances is…