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Rainbow DNA

Health By Kate Sheridan

Early research from 23andMe strengthens link between blood types and Covid-19

A forthcoming study from 23andMe shows that a person’s genetic code could affect how severely they experience Covid-19.

Sharp Memorial Hospital nurse nursing

Health By Matthew Herper and Damian Garde

Lilly’s Covid-19 antibody helps some patients rid their systems of virus sooner in early analysis

Bill Gates 2020

Health By Helen Branswell

Bill Gates slams ‘shocking’ U.S. response to Covid-19 pandemic

Argentina -poverty and covid

Health By Helen Branswell

New report says Covid-19 pandemic has caused historic setbacks in global health

Health By STAT

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Dima Hendricks

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

‘They are really afraid’: Fears about Covid-19 are complicating care for patients with sickle cell

Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health By Helen Branswell

As controversies swirl, CDC director is seen as allowing agency to buckle to political influence

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Covid victim memorial LA

Health By Andrew Joseph

CDC study: Covid-19 complications killed 121 Americans under age 21 through July

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Health By Alex Hogan and Helen Branswell

Watch: STAT’s Helen Branswell answers your questions about Covid-19, reinfection, and vaccine efficacy

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Health By Helen Branswell

AstraZeneca resumes Covid-19 vaccine trials in the U.K.

Coronavirus recovery/rehab

Health By David Tuller

Seeking the causes of post-Covid symptoms, researchers dust off data on college students with mononucleosis

Anthony Fauci - reflection

Health By Pratibha Gopalakrishna

The lessons we’ve learned from the Covid-19 response, according to Anthony Fauci

Creek fire

Health By Shraddha Chakradhar

Doctors offer guide for teaching the health effects of climate change in medical residency

Carrie Diehl

Health By Alice Proujansky

Pregnancy poses challenges for people in recovery from substance use disorder. Covid-19 is taxing their support system

Pascal Soriot 2019

Exclusive By Adam Feuerstein

Covid-19 vaccine trial participant had serious neurological symptoms, but could be discharged today, AstraZeneca CEO says

physician burnout

Health By Pratibha Gopalakrishna

How common is burnout among physicians? It depends on how it’s defined

welcome back to school

Health By Kate Sheridan

U.S. needs 193 million Covid-19 tests per month to reopen schools and keep up with pandemic, new report says

AstraZeneca signage

Exclusive By Rebecca Robbins, Adam Feuerstein, and Helen Branswell

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction in participant in the U.K.

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Health By Helen Branswell, Matthew Herper, Lev Facher, Ed Silverman, and Nicholas Florko

Operation Warp Speed promised to do the impossible. How far has it come?

backyard bbq

Health By Andrew Joseph

Fauci warns that Labor Day celebrations could drive Covid-19 spikes

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Health By Elizabeth Cooney

‘Carnage’ in a lab dish shows how the coronavirus may damage the heart

Health By Associated Press

Members named to panel probing WHO’s pandemic response

He Jiankui 10/10/18

Health By Andrew Joseph

Expert panel lays out guidelines for germline editing, while warning against pursuit of ‘CRISPR babies’

ASH19 Gene Therapy Sickle Cell

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Millions of Americans carry the sickle cell trait, many without knowing it. Could they be at risk for severe Covid-19?

Health By Helen Branswell

Sanofi and GSK move Covid-19 vaccine into human trials

A box of dexamethasone

Health By Adam Feuerstein

Inexpensive steroids reduce deaths of hospitalized Covid-19 patients, WHO analysis confirms

Lloyd Minor

Health By STAT staff

You had questions about precision medicine. Stanford’s Lloyd Minor has answers

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Health By Matthew Herper

Experts see a chance for a Covid-19 vaccine approval this fall — if it’s done right

Texas Hospital med staff

Health By Helen Branswell

U.S. advisory group lays out detailed recommendations on how to prioritize Covid-19 vaccine