infectious disease

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

What we know and don’t know about long Covid

Health By Andrew Joseph

Rising Covid-19 cases in some states highlight ‘precarious position’ as variants build up in U.S.

Health By Helen Branswell

Bombshell analysis traces new Ebola outbreak to survivor of West Africa crisis

Health By Helen Branswell

Schools may see a burst of the common cold when they reopen, research suggests

Health By Andrew Joseph

Q&A: How the U.S. can respond to coronavirus variants, and prepare for future evolution

Health By Kathleen McLaughlin

‘A waste of money’: The home Covid-19 test funded by the Biden administration is too costly and complex, critics say

Health By Veronique Greenwood

A viral mystery: Can one infection prevent another?

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

In LA, ambulances circle for hours and ICUs are full. Is this what Covid-19 has in store for the rest of the country?

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Most patients hospitalized for Covid-19 still have symptoms six months later, China study finds

First Opinion By Margaret A. Hamburg

As NYC mayor, David Dinkins’ work on AIDS, TB offers lessons for leaders during Covid-19

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Explanations for ‘long Covid’ remain elusive. For now, believing patients and treating symptoms is the best doctors can do

Health By Shraddha Chakradhar

Charting the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, through STAT headlines

Biotech By Damian Garde

STAT+ Conversations: A conversation with Nobel laureate Charles Rice

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

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

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

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Delirium could signal Covid-19 infection in older adults, study finds

Health By Associated Press

FDA allows first rapid coronavirus test that gives results at home

STAT Summit By Elizabeth Cooney

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

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