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Aduhelm package

Politics By Lev Facher

Key Senate committee proposes a council to ensure FDA better coordinates on accelerated approvals

Pediatric vaccine

The Readout LOUD By Adam Feuerstein and Meg Tirrell

An emergency doctor and parent sorts through Covid vaccine options for kids under 5

HIV-1

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

ViiV will make it easier for generic companies to copy its HIV prevention shot, but it’s not clear when

Pharmalot Coming/Going STILL

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

Pharmalittle: Will widening access to a Covid pill cause resistance? Monkeypox vaccine maker doesn’t see ‘panic’

Health By Helen Branswell

Health officials scramble to raise monkeypox awareness ahead of Pride Month

Health By Jason Mast

Coronavirus hasn’t developed resistance to Paxlovid. How long can that last?

lung CT scan w/hand

Biotech By Adam Feuerstein

With new data on its KRAS-blocking lung cancer drug, Mirati expects to take on a rival Amgen treatment

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Margaret Chan

Health By Helen Branswell

World Health Organization names six candidates running for director-general

Zika contraception

Health By Helen Branswell

Couples facing travel-related Zika risk urged to delay conception for longer

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Nigeria Polio

Health By Associated Press

Third case of polio crops up in Nigeria as insurgency hampers fight against the disease

SINGAPORE ZIKA

Health By Helen Branswell

Zika virus gets foothold in Singapore, raising fears of epidemics in Asia and Africa

Joanne Liu MSF

Heavyweights By Helen Branswell

For the head of Doctors Without Borders, impatience is a virtue

Gonorrhea

In the Lab By Helen Branswell

WHO issues new STD treatment guidelines as antibiotic resistance looms

Haiti Zika

Health By Helen Branswell

New Zika cases call into question health officials’ guidelines on sexual activity

Yellow Fever

Health By Helen Branswell

To control spread of yellow fever, panel approves WHO plan to ration vaccine

Health By Helen Branswell

WHO doesn’t see need to delay or move Olympics over Zika fears

Aedes aegypti

Health By Helen Branswell

WHO seeks to clarify: It’s not suggesting pregnancy delays in Zika regions

Zika delay pregnancy

Health By Helen Branswell

WHO raises idea of delaying pregnancy in Zika-affected areas

Yellow Fever

Exclusive By Helen Branswell

Running low on yellow fever vaccine, WHO ready to propose smaller doses

Rio Olympics Zika

Health By Helen Branswell

As calls mount to postpone Rio Olympics, WHO’s Zika experts set to weigh in

Zika Eradication Brazil

Health By Helen Branswell

The world is alarmed by the Zika outbreak. No one is paying to deal with it

Microcephaly

Health By Helen Branswell

WHO expands list of possible Zika-related birth defects

Transgender rights

Politics By Helen Branswell

Is being transgender a mental illness? WHO classification system suggests it is

Zika Virus Threatens Brazil's Tourism Industry

Health By Associated Press

WHO expert committee to examine Zika risk at Rio Olympics

Brazil Zika Rio Olympics

Health By Associated Press

Health experts urge WHO to consider moving Rio Olympics due to Zika

Health By Sheila Kaplan

What you need to know about the new study on cellphones and cancer

cellphones

Health By Megan Thielking and Dylan Scott

Major US study links cellphone exposure to cancer — at least in rats

Health By Helen Branswell

Watch: In blunt assessment, WHO director warns of global failure to prepare for infectious disease

Yellow Fever

Health By Associated Press

Yellow fever outbreak ‘serious’ but not a global emergency, WHO says

Pakistan Polio

Health By Helen Branswell

One step closer to a polio-free world

FDA Headquarters

Pharmalot By Ed Silverman

FDA and WHO warn about clinical trials run by an Indian company

World Health Organization

Health By Helen Branswell

For the first time in a decade, the WHO goes looking for a new leader