health

The U.S.’s top infectious disease specialist describes a new Biden administration program to develop and test antivirals—and what he’s most worried about as the nation reopens

Developing pills that block the novel coronavirus has been challenging. A new Biden administration program aims to boost the effort

With the risks of drug development prohibitive, repurposed or repositioned medicines appear the best hope against long-COVID, a condition that still raises many unanswered questions.

Genomic sequencing efforts are limited in developing countries, but scientists are mobilizing to help

More than a year into the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, some scientists say the possibility of a lab leak never got a fair look.

Vaccine makers are designing follow-up shots, based on new mutations, to keep the disease at bay