public health

First Opinion By Amy K. Liebman

Every state needs emergency regulations to protect essential food workers

Health By Andrew Joseph

How much did Thanksgiving contribute to Covid-19 spread? It’s wait and see for now

Health By Kathleen McLaughlin

Mask defiance remains strong in Big Sky Country, even as the pandemic rages

First Opinion By Lisa Kearns, Kathleen Bachynski, and Arthur L. Caplan

Add Covid-related myocarditis, mechanical ventilation, and death to this year’s football risks

Health By Andrew Joseph

WHO group recommends against using remdesivir to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients

STAT Summit By Andrew Joseph

Chelsea Clinton wants Trump, allies to build support for a Covid-19 vaccine

Politics By Lev Facher

Biden adviser says scientists, not political appointees, should lead public communications on Covid-19

Politics By Nicholas Florko

Biden team ramps up outreach to public health groups 

Health By Andrew Joseph

Fauci suggests he should have been ‘much more vocal’ about Covid-19 testing early in pandemic

STAT Summit By Eric Boodman

Hopeful Covid-19 vaccine data won’t help hospitals that are overstretched now, experts say

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

With a meteoric rise in deaths, talk of waves is misguided, say Covid-19 modelers

First Opinion By Nickolas D. Zaller and George Pro

Is low mask wearing in rural communities a sign of poor health messaging?

Health By Olivia Goldhill

‘We’re being left behind’: Rural hospitals can’t afford ultra-cold freezers to store the leading Covid-19 vaccine

Health By Eric Boodman

For Eli Lilly’s newly authorized Covid-19 treatment, a dosing discrepancy causes confusion

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Restaurants and gyms were spring ‘superspreader’ sites. Occupancy limits could control Covid, new study predicts

Health By Joanne Silberner

How might a mask mandate play out? Look to the battle over seat belt laws

Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

Health experts want to prioritize people of color for a Covid-19 vaccine. But how should it be done?

Health By Andrew Joseph

‘They’re not really doing anything’: As Covid-19 cases spiral, leaders around the U.S. lose urgency on prevention

Politics By Lev Facher

With Murthy, Nunez-Smith, and Kessler, Biden leans on experience to steer Covid-19 task force

Politics By Lev Facher

Biden promises to roll out a Covid-19 task force on Monday

Politics By Lev Facher

‘It’s going to be very, very scary’: Before Biden takes office, a precarious 10 weeks for escalating Covid-19 crisis

First Opinion By Joia Crear-Perry

The hidden public health hazard of rapid Covid-19 tests

Health By Priyanka Runwal

New research points to potential link between pollution levels and Covid-19 death risk

Politics By Casey Ross, Usha Lee McFarling, Nicholas St. Fleur, and Becky Lang

Ubiquitous hand sanitizers and grousing about masks: Snapshots from around the nation of voting in a pandemic

Politics By Lev Facher

Trump threatens to fire Fauci ‘after the election’