Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

The newest guidance comes from the American College of Physicians, which recommends that average-risk women ages 50 to 74 get ...

The deadly outbreak of a rare strain of hantavirus on a cruise has generated echoes of the pandemic era, including conspiracy ...

Key health lawmaker Sen. Bill Cassidy will lose his seat, as Louisiana’s Senate primary heads for a runoff between state treasurer John Fleming and Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow.

The WHO said an Ebola outbreak first seen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was an international public health ...

Sarah Owermohle reported on the administration’s health care initiatives, federal health policy, and its intersection with politics and the courts. She joined STAT in 2022 after covering health policy ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. The Justice Department sent a letter to Yale School of Medicine on ...

Kuppalli is an infectious diseases physician in Dallas. She has extensive experience with Covid-19, mpox, and Ebola, including working for the World Health Organization. The reports emerging this week ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to the abortion drug mifepristone, rejecting lower-court ...

There's been interest in longevity, promoting it, for millennia. But this 25-year campaign really brought it to the forefront ...

Makary and Cassidy's fates, U.S. pressures Germany to pay more for drugs, and other health news ...

The CDC intends to transfer more than 160 macaques to Born Free USA, a nonprofit that runs a large primate sanctuary in Texas ...