Coronavirus

Hospitals Bob Herman

STAT Plus: A different kind of ‘RAC’ subsidized hospitals’ labor during the pandemic

Politics Rachel Cohrs

HHS needs better oversight of research that alters pathogens, government watchdog says

Politics Sarah Owermohle

Biden Covid adviser David Kessler to exit as pandemic response winds down

Health Andrew Joseph

Routine vaccinations drop among U.S. kindergartners for the third year in a row

Health Helen Branswell

XB what? BQ huh? Do you need to keep up with Omicron’s ever-expanding offspring?

Health Elizabeth Cooney

For most mild infections, long Covid symptoms clear after a year, large study finds

Health Brittany Trang

What’s standing in the way of wastewater data becoming a more mainstream public health tool

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Will America’s public health reckoning ever come?

Biotech Jason Mast

STAT Plus: Still hoping for looser FDA rules, Regeneron says it will test durable antibody for Covid

Health Andrew Joseph

The pandemic showed the power of viral sequencing. Now the U.K. plans to decode other respiratory bugs

Politics Sarah Owermohle

Still fuming over the federal Covid response, Republicans redirect the House coronavirus committee

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Novavax replaces CEO, citing need for ‘fresh perspective’

Living With Isabella Cueto

‘I want people to see us’: A writer gives voice to long Covid and mothering from bed

Health Andrew Joseph

A year after a nurse’s loss to suicide, his friends are building out a peer support network

Health Helen Branswell

Senior WHO official faults China for undercounting Covid deaths

Health Helen Branswell

3 challenges to watch in global health in 2023

Health Ken Moritsugu — Associated Press

Beijing rebukes new Covid testing requirements for travelers from China

Health Usha Lee McFarling

Paying research participants — a lot — may be a key to increasing diversity in studies

Health Andrew Joseph

Covid’s winter surge is poised to exceed summer peak

Politics Sarah Owermohle

Priorities pile up for HHS, FDA, CMS, NIH, and other health agencies

Health Elaine Chen and Isabella Cueto

3 things to watch in chronic disease in 2023: obesity drugs, long Covid and health care costs

Health Jason Mast

Study could pave way for new antiviral, as China grapples with Covid wave

Health Ryan Cross — The Boston Globe

STAT Plus: Drug companies set sights on new Covid medicines to boost depleted arsenal

Health Usha Lee McFarling

U.S. imposes Covid testing requirements on travelers from China

Health Helen Branswell

Three years on, the pandemic — and our response — have been jolting. Here’s what even the experts didn’t see coming

Health Ambar Castillo

U.S. life expectancy falls for second straight year as drug overdose and Covid deaths take toll

D.C. Diagnosis Rachel Cohrs

After nine months, an update on NIH’s long Covid research

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Pandemic response gets a permanent new home at the White House

Health Jason Mast

Infectious disease board recommends hospitals stop screening asymptomatic patients for Covid-19