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Health By Andrew Joseph

How much did Thanksgiving contribute to Covid-19 spread? It’s wait and see for now

Whether warnings were heeded — and what kind of impact Americans’ decisions might have had — likely won't be clear for weeks.

Health By STAT

The Covid-19 Tracker

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Health By Andrew Joseph

Amid pandemic, U.S. has seen 300,000 ‘excess deaths,’ with highest rates among people of color

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Health Tech By Casey Ross

DeepMind’s protein-folding AI stuns with a solution to one of biology’s biggest challenges

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Health By Matthew Herper and Helen Branswell

Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine is strongly effective, early look at data show

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Exclusive By Helen Branswell

Divisions emerge among U.S. officials over when first Covid-19 vaccine doses will be available — and for whom

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Biotech By Eric Boodman

‘How are we going to get on that plane?’: The transatlantic race to deliver CAR-T cancer therapy during the pandemic

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Health By Kathleen McLaughlin

Mask defiance remains strong in Big Sky Country, even as the pandemic rages

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Health By Meghana Keshavan

Study offers new clues for treating brain cancer in children

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Hospitals By Gabrielle Glaser

A ‘bad case of déjà vu’: New Jersey hospitals brace for Covid-19 surge, but hope this time will be different

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Health By Helen Branswell

‘Essential workers’ likely to get earlier access to Covid-19 vaccine

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Health By Helen Branswell and Adam Feuerstein

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is 70% effective on average, early data show

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Special Report By Andrew Joseph

Data show hospitalized Covid-19 patients are surviving at higher rates, but surge in cases could roll back gains

STAT Summit diversity in genetics

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

Leading genetics experts call for more racial representation in their industry

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Health By Helen Branswell

Pfizer, BioNTech submit formal application to FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine

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Health By Eric Boodman

As a new Covid-19 treatment arrives, hospitals scramble to solve logistical and ethical challenges

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Health By Andrew Joseph

WHO group recommends against using remdesivir to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients

STAT Summit Chelsea Clinton

STAT Summit By Andrew Joseph

Chelsea Clinton wants Trump, allies to build support for a Covid-19 vaccine

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Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Delirium could signal Covid-19 infection in older adults, study finds

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Health By Olivia Goldhill

‘People are going to die’: Hospitals in half the states are facing a massive staffing shortage as Covid-19 surges

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Health By Associated Press

FDA allows first rapid coronavirus test that gives results at home

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Health By Damian Garde and Matthew Herper

Pfizer and BioNTech to submit Covid-19 vaccine data to FDA as full results show 95% efficacy

STAT Summit Bill Gates

STAT Summit By Elizabeth Cooney

Bill Gates worries about a ‘dysfunctional’ approach to Covid-19 vaccine distribution

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Health By Helen Branswell

Pfizer may be within days of filing emergency authorization request for Covid-19 vaccine

STAT Summit Fauci

Health By Andrew Joseph

Fauci suggests he should have been ‘much more vocal’ about Covid-19 testing early in pandemic

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Health By Usha Lee McFarling

‘They’ve been following the science’: How the Covid-19 pandemic has been curtailed in Cherokee Nation

Covid-19 Facing Winter

STAT Summit By Eric Boodman

Hopeful Covid-19 vaccine data won’t help hospitals that are overstretched now, experts say

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Health By Adam Feuerstein, Damian Garde, and Andrew Joseph

With strong data on two Covid-19 vaccines, we have more answers about the road ahead — and questions too

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Biotech By Matthew Herper

Failed study spawns fresh debate about fish-oil-derived drugs for heart disease