Health By Andrew Joseph Amid pandemic, U.S. has seen 300,000 ‘excess deaths,’ with highest rates among people of color
Health By Matthew Herper FDA scientists endorse ‘highly effective’ Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine ahead of key panel
First Opinion By Diane E. Meier, R. Sean Morrison, and Chris Barker Covid-19 vaccine safety and the public trust: lessons from Paul Meier and polio
Health By Elizabeth Cooney Long after the fire of a Covid-19 infection, mental and neurological effects can still smolder
Special Report By Andrew Joseph The Road Ahead: Charting the coronavirus pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond
Health By Associated Press CDC: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in U.S., highest death toll in 40 years
STAT Summit By Elizabeth Cooney Bill Gates worries about a ‘dysfunctional’ approach to Covid-19 vaccine distribution
First Opinion By Sean Palfrey In the shadow of Covid-19 lurks the threat of a fearful measles outbreak
The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell, and Adam Feuerstein Listen: Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine: the debate, details, and distribution
First Opinion By Lauren Hines I worked hard to protect myself from Covid-19 and the flu. Yet I got both — at the same time
Health By Eric Boodman As a new Covid-19 treatment arrives, hospitals scramble to solve logistical and ethical challenges
Health By Andrew Joseph WHO group recommends against using remdesivir to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients
First Opinion By David Tuller and Steven Lubet Proposed British guidelines reject useless chronic fatigue syndrome treatments
Health By Usha Lee McFarling ‘They’ve been following the science’: How the Covid-19 pandemic has been curtailed in Cherokee Nation
STAT Summit By Eric Boodman Hopeful Covid-19 vaccine data won’t help hospitals that are overstretched now, experts say
First Opinion By Elliott J. Millenson and William A. Haseltine Build a plan for Covid-19 home testing on reason, not speculation or politics
Health By Elizabeth Cooney and Matthew Herper Pill used to treat OCD and anxiety may prevent Covid-19 from worsening, a preliminary study suggests
Health By Elizabeth Cooney With a meteoric rise in deaths, talk of waves is misguided, say Covid-19 modelers
Health By Elizabeth Cooney Restaurants and gyms were spring ‘superspreader’ sites. Occupancy limits could control Covid, new study predicts
First Opinion By Daniel Salmon and Joshua M. Sharfstein Lessons for monitoring Covid-19 vaccine safety from the H1N1 pandemic
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Health By Eric Boodman Universal mask use could save 130,000 U.S. lives by the end of February, new study estimates
Health By Andrew Joseph CDC expands definition of ‘close contacts,’ after study suggests Covid-19 can be passed in brief interactions
Health By Elizabeth Cooney Covid-19’s wintry mix: As we move indoors, dry air will help the coronavirus spread
First Opinion By Gigi Kwik Gronvall and Rachel West We cannot rely on magical thinking: Herd immunity is not a plan
First Opinion By Deborah Jenson Thank this Ebola-fighting African doctor for monoclonal antibody treatments