infectious disease

Health Megan Molteni

Bird flu snapshot: USDA secretary urges farmers to take protective measures

First Opinion Mark H. Smith

The FDA needs to embrace phage therapy to help fight antimicrobial resistance

First Opinion Syra Madad, Carlos del Rio, Scott J. Becker, and Ewa King

With the threat of H5N1 bird flu, hospitals must stay prepared

Health Helen Branswell

New Merck pneumococcal vaccine wins FDA approval

Health Helen Branswell

Bird flu snapshot: A critic of the U.S. response speaks out, and USDA tries to ‘corner the virus’

First Opinion Danjuma Adda

I cried tears of loss and rage at the World Hepatitis Summit

Health Helen Branswell

In dribs and drabs, USDA reports suggest containing bird flu outbreak in dairy cows will be challenging

Health Andrew Joseph

Global health leader critiques ‘ineptitude’ of U.S. response to bird flu outbreak among cows

First Opinion Ranu Dhillon and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna

Getting farmworkers to use PPE is hard, but it’s the best way to stop an H5N1 bird flu epidemic

Health Megan Molteni

Michigan stands out for its aggressive bird flu response. Will other states follow its lead?

Biotech Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: Moderna says data show its combination Covid-flu vaccine generates a strong immune response

Health Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: FDA expands approval for GSK’s RSV vaccine to cover younger at-risk adults

First Opinion Asa Hutchinson and Deval Patrick

A new initiative will help governors and local leaders fight the next pandemic

Health Andrew Joseph

Finland to offer bird flu vaccine to select groups of people, a possible global first

Health Helen Branswell

These are the bird flu questions that influenza and animal scientists desperately want answered

In the Lab Megan Molteni

A new discovery about carbon dioxide is challenging decades-old ventilation doctrine

Biotech Helen Branswell

STAT Plus: FDA approves Moderna’s RSV vaccine, its second licensed product

Health Helen Branswell

A third U.S. farmworker infected with bird flu is the first to experience respiratory symptoms

First Opinion Jacob D. Moses and Allan M. Brandt

Stigma and the return of syphilis

First Opinion Alexandra Phelan and Lawrence O. Gostin

The world needs the new pandemic treaty

Health Helen Branswell

New evidence supports fear that drinking raw milk containing bird flu viruses may be dangerous

Health Megan Molteni

Wastewater testing specifically for bird flu virus will scale up nationally in coming weeks

In the Lab Annalisa Merelli

STAT Plus: New antiviral works against coronaviruses in mice, but human testing will have to wait

Breaking News Helen Branswell

CDC asks states and cities to keep flu surveillance at peak levels because of bird flu threat

Health Helen Branswell

Move over, wastewater. Store-bought milk could be another way to track the bird flu outbreak in cows

Health Nicholas Florko

My rendezvous with the raw milk black market: quick, easy, and unchecked by the FDA

Politics Rachel Cohrs Zhang, Lizzy Lawrence, and Nicholas Florko

STAT Plus: USDA, FDA turf battles hamper responses to outbreaks like H5N1 bird flu

Health Megan Molteni and Helen Branswell

CDC launching wastewater dashboard to track bird flu virus spread

Health Sarah Owermohle and Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: Federal officials will fund farms’ protective measures to contain H5N1 bird flu