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Health By Usha Lee McFarling

‘They’ve been following the science’: How the Covid-19 pandemic has been curtailed in Cherokee Nation

While the United States flounders in its response to the coronavirus, another nation — one within our own borders — is faring much better.

Pfizer freezer farm

Special Report By Damian Garde — STAT and Jonathan Saltzman — Boston Globe

The story of mRNA: How a once-dismissed idea became a leading technology in the Covid vaccine race

Super cold freezer

Health By Olivia Goldhill

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

Road ahead

Special Report By Andrew Joseph

The Road Ahead: Charting the coronavirus pandemic over the next 12 months — and beyond

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Health By Nicholas St. Fleur

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

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H1N1 syringes

Exclusive By Helen Branswell

Divisions emerge among U.S. officials over when first Covid-19 vaccine doses will be available — and for whom

Food workers

First Opinion By Amy K. Liebman

Every state needs emergency regulations to protect essential food workers

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Biotech By Eric Boodman

‘How are we going to get on that plane?’: The transatlantic race to deliver CAR-T cancer therapy during the pandemic

THANKSGIVING TRAVEL

Health By Andrew Joseph

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

Medical thermometers

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

Montana Republican Caucus

Health By Kathleen McLaughlin

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

High school football during Covid

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

AstraZeneca vial production

First Opinion By Stephen J. Ubl

What the biopharma industry is doing to build confidence in Covid-19 vaccines

United Memorial Medical Center ICU

First Opinion By Wendy Dean and Simon G. Talbot

Beyond burnout: For health care workers, this surge of Covid-19 is bringing burnover

Victorine Long

Hospitals By Gabrielle Glaser

A ‘bad case of déjà vu’: New Jersey hospitals brace for Covid-19 surge, but hope this time will be different

JERSEY CITY transit

First Opinion By David Michaels

OSHA’s ‘absurd reinterpretation’ of a regulation regarding workers and Covid-19

APPLES Pre-K School_custodian

Health By Helen Branswell

‘Essential workers’ likely to get earlier access to Covid-19 vaccine

AstraZeneca building

Health By Helen Branswell and Adam Feuerstein

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is 70% effective on average, early data show

Barclays Center Food Bank

First Opinion By Roy Perlis, Matthew A. Baum, and Katherine Ognyanova

Glaring omission from Biden’s Covid-19 task force: mental health expertise

COVID-19 patient hand

Special Report By Andrew Joseph

Data show hospitalized Covid-19 patients are surviving at higher rates, but surge in cases could roll back gains

Pfizer

Health By Helen Branswell

Pfizer, BioNTech submit formal application to FDA to authorize Covid-19 vaccine

syringes in plastic

First Opinion By Mark Dornauer

Frameworks for medical rationing must be created of, for, and with the people

infusion bags

Health By Eric Boodman

As a new Covid-19 treatment arrives, hospitals scramble to solve logistical and ethical challenges

remdesivir antiviral drug

Health By Andrew Joseph

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

STAT Summit Chelsea Clinton

STAT Summit By Andrew Joseph

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

The Readout LOUD By Damian Garde, Meg Tirrell, and Adam Feuerstein

Listen: The latest Covid-19 vaccine data, Biden’s plans for the pandemic, and Bill Gates unfiltered

question mark face

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

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

South Korea health officials

First Opinion By Michael Breen

The year of the pandemic: a view from South Korea

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First Opinion By John Yang

Self-interest nudged me to join Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine trial. Here’s how it’s going