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Lab mouse on green

Health By Eric Boodman

Researchers rush to test coronavirus vaccine in people without knowing how well it works in animals

what next?

Health By Andrew Joseph and Helen Branswell

The short-term, middle-term, and long-term future of the coronavirus

Maria Van Kerkhove

Health By Andrew Joseph

‘We don’t actually have that answer yet’: WHO clarifies comments on asymptomatic spread of Covid-19

Coronavirus demographics

Health By Sharon Begley

Who is getting sick, and how sick? A breakdown of coronavirus risk by demographic factors

Coronavirus illustration

Health By Andrew Joseph

Disease caused by the novel coronavirus officially has a name: Covid-19

Coronavirus temp check

Health By Sharon Begley

What explains Covid-19’s lethality for the elderly? Scientists look to ‘twilight’ of the immune system

viral genome sequencing and sharing

First Opinion By Ilaria Capua

Looking back at 15 years of sharing viral genomes to forge ahead

Yisheng Biopharma company

Health By Andrew Joseph

‘A huge experiment’: How the world made so much progress on a Covid-19 vaccine so fast

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Tuberculosis Priority

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Will India issue sidestep patents on a pair of pricey — but lifesaving — TB drugs?

climate change

First Opinion By Alice Hill and Wayne C. Koff

Climate change and human immunity: invest now or pay more later

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triage vaccine nationalism

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Most Americans say they should be vaccinated before the U.S. donates Covid-19 shots elsewhere

Worldwide Covid-19 vaccinations

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

WTO head urges movement on controversial Covid-19 vaccine proposal, but objections remain

triage vaccine nationalism

First Opinion By Ethan Dmitrovsky

Rethinking triage in an era of vaccine nationalism

Pill world map public-private partnership

First Opinion By Julia Barnes-Weise and Kendall Hoyt

MAPGuide: A tool to help improve health-related public-private partnership agreements

handout courtesy biolyse pharma

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Canadian company pursues compulsory license to distribute Covid-19 vaccine to low-income countries

Worldwide Covid-19 vaccinations

First Opinion By Jonathan Shaffer

Biden should use emergency powers to license Covid-19 vaccine technologies to the WHO for global access

Capitol reflection public health

First Opinion By Marian W. Wentworth

Covid-19 could bring a new era of public health leadership. But will it?

glass ampoules & vials

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

South Africa official explains why world trade rules should be waived to fight Covid-19

Health By Andrew Joseph

Virtual Event: The pandemic’s toll on mental health

capped vials

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Dozens of institutional investors push for ‘fair and equitable’ Covid-19 response

vials & syringe

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

New pledges boost COVAX, but critics say more is needed to ensure global vaccine access

Health By Matthew Herper and Ed Silverman

Virtual Event: Facing the crisis of drug-resistant germs

National Reference Centre variants

Health By Andrew Joseph

‘What other variants might be out there?’ An expert on viral evolution on what’s happening with coronavirus mutations

White pills on yellow background

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharma is only ‘inching forward’ in boosting access to medicines in low-income countries

World Health Organization (WHO) sign global health

First Opinion By Kate Dodson

Welcome back to the global health stage, America. You have a lot of work to do

Medical ampules

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

A Covid-19 vaccine maker in India stirs controversy over its clinical trial

Borough Park ambulance syndemic

First Opinion By Vas Narasimhan

Stopping the syndemic: Covid-19 plus other debilitating and deadly diseases

3 to watch in global health

Health By Helen Branswell

3 global health issues to watch in 2021

Johannesburg covid testing

First Opinion By Safura Abdool Karim

Emergency use authorization of Covid-19 vaccines could hinder global access to them

sanofi photo illo

Health By Helen Branswell

Sanofi suffers major setback in development of a Covid-19 vaccine

HIV-1

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Medicines Patent Pool expands deal for access to key HIV drug to several upper middle-income countries

ICOAST_Trypanosomiasis

First Opinion By Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft

Now is the time to innovate for more than 1 billion people with neglected tropical diseases

STAT Summit Bill Gates

STAT Summit By Elizabeth Cooney

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