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The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power

The world might in the not-too-distant future get vaccines against Covid-19. But those vaccines won’t necessarily prevent all or even most infections.

A cancer patient reconsiders her end-of-life wishes amid Covid-19

Diagnosed with lung cancer, she had signed a do-not-resuscitate order. The coronavirus pandemic made her reconsider her end-of-life wishes.

Covid-19′s future: small outbreaks, monster wave, or ongoing crisis

Three scenarios for the future of Covid-19 differ on details, but all foresee a world that looks and feels nothing like the world of just three months ago.

In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson’s with a novel brain cell transplant

If successful, the surgery could change Parkinson’s disease from an inexorable, cruel, and sometimes fatal decline to — for at least some patients — a condition that can be successfully treated.

Infect volunteers with Covid-19? A proposal lays bare a minefield of issues
The idea of controlled human infection trials has been met with enthusiasm in some quarters, and reservations in others, including from some who run them.

Experts question Facebook’s approach to combat Covid-19 misinformation
Facebook's Covid-19 misinformation campaign pulls from several psychology studies. The authors and outside experts worry Facebook missed the message.

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Covid-19 has shuttered labs. It could put a generation of researchers at risk

The pandemic has left scientists across the country scrambling to save their work — and has left others grieving the loss of experiments.

An interview with the CDC director on coronavirus, masks, and an agency gone quiet

STAT spoke with CDC Director Robert Redfield about Covid-19, the agency’s muted role, and how he sees the pandemic unfolding.

A nurse’s coronavirus routine: Recording videos she hopes her family will never need to watch

Anticipating a call to treat coronavirus patients in the ICU, a Seattle nurse makes videos for her family — just in case she doesn't come home one day.

Americans are underestimating duration of coronavirus crisis, experts say

Many experts believe that experts say that, even if some restrictions are relaxed, it’s unlikely life as normal will resume in early May.

Stay up to date with STAT’s Covid-19 Tracker

As the virus that causes Covid-19 spreads worldwide, this dashboard offers a snapshot of the crisis right now.

‘It’s been kind of rough’: Seattle ICU nurse shares her experience treating Covid-19 patients

"Some of my colleagues are nervous about working with Covid-19 patients, but a lot of people are just kind of happy ... to help out," the ICU nurse said.

WHO to launch multinational trial to jumpstart search for coronavirus drugs

Four drugs or drug combinations already licensed and used for other illnesses will be tested against the coronavirus that causes Covid-19.

Coronavirus survives on surfaces up to 72 hours. Here’s how to protect yourself

On plastic, after 8 hours only 10% of what scientists deposited was still there, a new study says. But the virus was still detectable for 72 hours.