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Maria Van Kerkhove
Health

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

By Andrew Joseph

Hydroxychloroquine in a bottle
Health

A flawed Covid-19 study gets the White House’s attention — and the FDA may pay the price

By Matthew Herper

Health

The Covid-19 Tracker

By STAT

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Health

WHO launches independent review of the international response to the Covid-19 pandemic

By Helen Branswell

Bruce Clark
Pharmalot

The first round of Covid-19 vaccines is ‘highly unlikely to be a magic bullet,’ Medicago CEO says

By Ed Silverman

Mouse exercise
In the Lab

How does exercise benefit the aging brain? Transfusing blood from active mice into sedentary ones suggests an answer

By Theresa Gaffney

cart kid
Health

How likely are kids to get Covid-19? Scientists see a ‘huge puzzle’ without easy answers

By Helen Branswell

Sorrento Therapeutics
Health

Women researchers are publishing less since the pandemic hit. What can their employers do to help?

By Juliet Isselbacher

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First Opinion

My Covid-19 symptoms have lasted more than 100 days, and I’m not alone. Will they ever end?

By Yochai Re'em

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Health

Positive Covid-19 tests kept a mom and baby apart for 55 days. Experts see it as a bigger testing problem

By Helen Branswell

wastewater testing
First Opinion

It’s time to begin a national wastewater testing program for Covid-19

By Anna Mehrotra, David A. Larsen, and Ashish K. Jha

White pills on blue
Pharmalot

Two dozen big drug makers launch a $1 billion fund to develop new antibiotics

By Ed Silverman

Flu vaccine vials
Health

CDC: 80,000 people died of flu last winter in U.S., highest death toll in 40 years

By Associated Press

Pharmalot

Despite the pandemic, prices for many drugs keep rising

By Ed Silverman

Novavax researchers
Biotech

Novavax, maker of a Covid-19 vaccine, is backed by Operation Warp Speed

By Helen Branswell

red mitochondria
In the Lab

Gene-editing discovery could point the way toward a ‘holy grail’: cures for mitochondrial diseases

By Sharon Begley

Haydon home
Health

He experienced a severe reaction to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate. He’s still a believer

By Matthew Herper

LAX temp checks
Health

Fever checks are a flawed way to flag Covid-19 cases. Experts say smell tests might help

By Sharon Begley

MODERNA - Norwood facility
Health

Trial of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine delayed, investigators say, but July start still possible

By Damian Garde

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