Coronavirus

The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Applause-worthy cancer data, the long wait for Novavax, & the next FDA controversy

First Opinion By Aparna Keshaviah and Megan Diamond

Wastewater monitoring: how to strengthen and sustain an important public health tool

Biotech By Matthew Herper

Moderna says Omicron-containing booster outperforms current vaccine

Health By Kate Sheridan

Homeless and incarcerated people in Minnesota struggled to access Covid vaccines

Health By Helen Branswell

FDA advisers recommend authorization of Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine

Health By Matthew Herper

FDA scientists say Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine is effective, but also raise concerns

Health By Nicholas Florko

‘Too little too late’: Unpacking Biden’s moves to improve federal prisons’ response to Covid-19

The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Biotech’s Catch-22, a $100 genome, & dealing with monkeypox

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

How the Covid-19 pandemic prepared the White House to respond to monkeypox

First Opinion By Octavio N. Martinez, Jr.

Kids and Covid-19: The urgency of equity should outweigh the urgency of normal

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: Covid-19 is leaving millions of orphaned children behind

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

Faulty oxygen readings delayed Covid treatments for darker-skinned patients, study finds

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

The World Health Assembly moves to bolster clinical trials, but some say it falls short

The Readout LOUD By Adam Feuerstein and Meg Tirrell

An emergency doctor and parent sorts through Covid vaccine options for kids under 5

The Readout LOUD By Adam Feuerstein and Meg Tirrell

Listen: Covid vaccines for the youngest kids, ASCO preview, & a biotech CEO’s arrest on murder charges

D.C. Diagnosis By Rachel Cohrs

California senators advance three bills meant to crack down on health insurers

Politics By Rachel Cohrs

There may be a backdoor way for hospitals to get paid for uninsured Covid-19 care

Health Tech By Jason Mast

‘Information is a determinant of health’: Google executive on monkeypox and other challenges

In the Lab By Jason Mast

As reports of ‘Paxlovid rebound’ increase, Covid researchers scramble for answers

Health By Helen Branswell

Pfizer/BioNTech to seek Covid vaccine authorization for children under age 5

Health By Matthew Herper

CDC recommends Covid boosters for kids ages 5 to 11 after advisory committee vote

The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: Mysterious infections, dwindling Covid funds, & Shkreli out of prison

D.C. Diagnosis By Rachel Cohrs

AstraZeneca’s ambitious vaccine dreams are finally, officially dead

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Large U.K. study links vaccination after Covid infection to lower odds of long Covid symptoms

First Opinion By Paul Fenyves

Does Paxlovid help people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Show us the data!

First Opinion Podcast By Patrick Skerrett

Listen: The faces of Covid at 1 million deaths and counting

Health By Lauran Neergaard — Associated Press

FDA clears Covid booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11

D.C. Diagnosis By Nicholas Florko

As Congress takes up FDA oversight of dietary supplements, a lobbying showdown looms

First Opinion By Danielle Wenner and Gabriela Arguedas Ramírez

Omitting long Covid from pandemic messaging is harmful for public health