How a Covid-19 Vaccine Could Cost Americans Dearly
Yes, of course, Americans’ health is priceless, and reining in a deadly virus that has trashed the economy would be invaluable. But a Covid-19 vaccine...
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Decades-Old Soviet Studies Hint at Coronavirus Strategy
MOSCOW — To the boys, it was just a sugary treat. To their parents, prominent medical researchers, what happened in their Moscow apartment that day...
Decades-Old Soviet Studies Hint at Coronavirus Strategy
MOSCOW — To the boys, it was just a sugary treat. To their parents, prominent medical researchers, what happened in their Moscow apartment that day...
9 Hand Sanitizers May Be Toxic, F.D.A. Warns
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to avoid nine hand sanitizer products manufactured in Mexico because, it said, they may contain methanol, a...
Gilead to Test a Version of Remdesivir That Can Be Inhaled
The American biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences will soon start trials of an inhalable version of remdesivir, an antiviral drug that has shown promise as a...
Trump Hydroxychloroquine Push Secured Millions of Likely Useless Coronavirus Pills
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration’s abrupt decision this week to revoke an emergency waiver for two malaria drugs promoted by President Trump as...
How to Donate Blood
As the coronavirus spread across the country, the nation’s blood supply faced a dire shortage. Blood drives were canceled when businesses closed, and many people...
F.D.A. Says Some Masks Made in China Shouldn’t Be Reused
The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday changed its policy on decontamination for some N95 masks mainly used by health professionals, saying certain masks made...
Tests for Coronavirus Vaccine Need This Ingredient: Horseshoe Crabs
For decades, drug companies have depended on a component in the blood of the horseshoe crab to test injectable medicines, including vaccines, for dangerous bacterial...
The C.D.C. Waited ‘Its Entire Existence for This Moment.’ What Went Wrong?
WASHINGTON — Americans returning from China landed at U.S. airports by the thousands in early February, potential carriers of a deadly virus who had been...