Covid-19

Letters to the editor Torie Bosch

STAT readers on new CDC Covid guidelines, weight loss drugs and mental health, and new psychiatric meds

First Opinion Ashish K. Jha

The CDC’s new, relaxed Covid isolation guidance makes perfect sense

Health Helen Branswell

FDA advisory panel recommends a streamlined flu vaccine for next fall

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: WTO proposal for Covid diagnostics and therapeutics waiver is abandoned

In the Lab Isabella Cueto

Covid-19 increases risk of developing autoimmune disease, but vaccination helps, large study shows

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

‘Brain fog’ is one of Covid-19’s most daunting symptoms. A new study measures its impact

Health Helen Branswell

CDC advisory panel says people 65 and older should get a Covid spring booster shot

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Novavax and Gavi end a bitter dispute over Covid-19 vaccines with a refund up to $475 million

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Can exercise help treat long Covid? New study finds patients improve with self-paced approach

Health Usha Lee McFarling

FDA urged to move faster to fix pulse oximeters for darker-skinned patients

Health Helen Branswell

Updated Covid vaccine has 54% effectiveness, new data suggest

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: WTO appears close to rejecting a proposed waiver on patents for Covid diagnostics and therapies

First Opinion David Kappos and Andrei Iancu

The Biden administration should not support a WTO petition to strip IP protections from Covid-19 treatments

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

Two genomics powerhouses team up to expand infectious disease surveillance

Health Elizabeth Cooney

New chronic Covid study offers insight into which immunocompromised patients are most at risk

Health Helen Branswell

Why many more people are lining up for a flu shot than a Covid vaccine

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: The FDA’s diagnostics chief, who led through Covid, has retired

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Could long Covid’s signs of immune dysregulation in the blood lead to a diagnostic test?

First Opinion Torie Bosch

Buprenorphine, autism diagnoses, and long Covid: the most-read First Opinion essays of 2023

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Health Helen Branswell

3 issues to watch in global health in 2024

Health Associated Press

Chronic fatigue syndrome estimated to affect 3.3 million in U.S., more than previously thought: CDC

Pharmalot Ed Silverman

STAT Plus: Texas AG accuses Pfizer of ‘intentionally’ overstating Covid-19 vaccine effectiveness

Health Associated Press

U.S. life expectancy rose in 2022, but it remains below its pre-pandemic level

Health Helen Branswell

Pandemic-related immunity gap in kids explains surge of respiratory infections in children in China, says WHO

Health Helen Branswell

Respiratory viruses, thrown out of whack by Covid, appear to be falling back into seasonal order

Health Matthew Herper

Study suggests Covid rebound is far more common with Paxlovid than without

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Paying for Covid pills will soon shift to insurers

Health Deborah Balthazar

Maternal Covid-19 vaccination offers infants immunity for up to 6 months