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From our award-winning coverage of the coronavirus outbreak to today’s research into long COVID, STAT has generated thousands of stories on the Covid-19 pandemic. From patient zero to the grim milestone of 1 million U.S. Covid-19 deaths, STAT has been on the scene.

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Morning Rounds Newsletter

First Opinion E. Wesley Ely

The haunting brain science of long Covid

Brain scans, autopsies, and other sources of evidence are revealing how Covid-19 can affect the brain and cause long Covid.

First Opinion Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz and Gavin Yamey

When should hospitals require masks?

Politics Sarah Owermohle

CDC comes under fire for inadequate information about its Covid response

Health J. Emory Parker

How the public health lessons of Covid can help Americans protect themselves from wildfire smoke

First Opinion Estelle Willie

Four communication lessons we learned the hard way during the pandemic

All Coverage

Politics Sarah Owermohle

House Republicans demand career scientist explain pathogen research

Health Amanda Gokee — Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Learning to treat long COVID could help those struggling with chronic fatigue syndrome, too

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D.C. Diagnosis Sarah Owermohle

FDA budget battles, prisons’ sobering Covid response & BIO’s CEO search is on

A STAT Investigation Nicholas Florko

‘Worse than what we thought’: New data reveals deeper problems with the Bureau of Prisons’ Covid response

First Opinion Richard J. Tofel

How ‘Lessons From the Covid War’ falls short

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Key House Democrat demands NIH answer for pace of long Covid research

Health Ambar Castillo

‘I don’t see this as an end to the pandemic’: Ashish Jha on the end of Covid public health emergency

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Who’s in charge of the White House Covid response after the emergency ends?

Health Helen Branswell

Does the end of Covid emergency declarations mean the pandemic is over?

Health Helen Branswell

CDC to cut back on Covid data it collects as public health emergency ends

Health Elaine Chen

What explains rare heart condition among young men after Covid vaccines? A new study offers clues

Health Helen Branswell

WHO declares end to Covid global health emergency

Politics Sarah Owermohle

STAT Plus: Senator pushes NIH for ‘formal’ review of Covid response

Health Helen Branswell

Covid and mpox are here to stay, but the WHO’s emergencies may be nearing an end

Health Amanda Seitz — Associated Press and Associated Press

Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking, surgeon general warns

First Opinion Baruch Fischhoff, Martin Cetron and Katelyn Jetelina

Do masks work? Randomized controlled trials are the worst way to answer the question

Health Helen Branswell

Q&A: Chronicling the failures of the U.S. response to Covid

A STAT Investigation Rachel Cohrs and Betsy Ladyzhets

The NIH has poured $1 billion into long Covid research — with little to show for it

Health Helen Branswell

CDC advisory panel backs changes to Covid vaccination policy

Health Helen Branswell

FDA says older adults and the immunocompromised may get a spring booster dose of Covid vaccine

Exclusive Rachel Cohrs

The Biden administration will hang on to some Covid pandemic emergency powers

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Where is the White House’s new pandemic response office?

Health Elizabeth Cooney

‘If we don’t, others will’: White House Covid adviser calls on doctors to combat a vacuum of medical information

Politics Rachel Cohrs

STAT Plus: Is there $21 billion left for Covid response, or $5 billion? The White House is using fuzzy math