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Watch: It’s not just the lungs: The Covid-19 virus attacks like no other ‘respiratory’ infection

By Sharon Begley

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When Covid-19 hits the brain, it can cause strokes, psychosis and a dementia-like syndrome, new survey shows  

By Andrew Joseph

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As wave of Covid-19 cases crashes, a surge in other health conditions looms

By Meghana Keshavan

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CDC broadens guidance on Americans facing risk of severe Covid-19

By Helen Branswell

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As Covid-19 cases peak, a virus once again takes advantage of human instinct

By Matthew Herper

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Among people facing food insecurity, researchers find a hidden health issue: eating disorders

By Carrie Arnold

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Health officers sound alarm as California economy reopens

By Associated Press

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Biotech

Myovant endometriosis drug meets its goal in a second late-stage trial, company says

By Elizabeth Cooney

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Sanofi, a straggler in the Covid-19 vaccine race, accelerates its plans

By Helen Branswell and Adam Feuerstein

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Second deadliest Ebola outbreak on record is days from being declared over

By Helen Branswell

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As Covid-19 devastates communities of color, the government’s minority health experts are conspicuously quiet

By Lev Facher

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Ignoring cancer care now may trade one public health crisis — Covid-19 — for another, NCI chief warns

By Elizabeth Cooney

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How likely are kids to get Covid-19? Scientists see a ‘huge puzzle’ without easy answers

By Helen Branswell

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Racial bias skews algorithms widely used to guide care from heart surgery to birth, study finds

By Sharon Begley

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WHO drops hydroxychloroquine from Covid-19 clinical trial

By Andrew Joseph

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CAR-T cells, better known as cancer drugs, show promise against aging in lab mice

By Sharon Begley

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Rising Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations underscore the long road ahead

By Andrew Joseph

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STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with Dr. Ashish Jha

By Helen Branswell

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Major study finds common steroid reduces deaths among patients with severe Covid-19

By Matthew Herper

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‘We have a job to do’: Cancer patients and their doctors carry on with clinical trials during Covid-19

By Elizabeth Cooney

Health

A reckoning for health care professionals: Should they be activists, too?

By Ruth Hailu

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Postcard from the edge: A rural getaway, protected from Covid-19, fears it may be swallowed into the pandemic

By Keith Schneider

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To understand who’s dying of Covid-19, look to social factors like race more than preexisting diseases

By Sharon Begley

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Sinovac says early data show its Covid-19 vaccine generated immune responses

By Adam Feuerstein

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FDA approves Gardasil 9, the HPV vaccine, to prevent head-and-neck cancer

By Matthew Herper

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‘Obsessed with staying alive’: Inmates describe a prison’s piecemeal response to a fatal Covid-19 outbreak

By Eileen Guo

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Trump’s decision to leave WHO came with bluster, but no action so far

By Helen Branswell

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Activists, artists, and public health academics collaborate to tackle racism’s impact on health

By Shraddha Chakradhar

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Immunity to the coronavirus remains a mystery. Scientists are trying to crack the case

By Andrew Joseph

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