The notice came shortly after an advisory panel meeting at which members debated the pros and cons of asking manufacturers to ...

In a letter sent Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) demanded that health secretary Robert Kennedy clarify whether ...

STAT reporter Helen Branswell explains how difficult it is to predict just how bad the upcoming flu season will be.

2021-02-22T09:03:03-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/9f3/20210222090657001_hd.jpgHelen Branswell talked about FDA and CDC vaccine advisory boards. Helen Branswell ...

Helen Branswell is the medical reporter for The Canadian Press, Canada’s news agency. In more than 30 years as a journalist, she has covered a range of beats in bureaus across Canada and in Euro ...

Vivien Dugan isn’t getting much sleep these days. The director of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control ...

But as Helen Branswell of STAT writes, “our soaring expectations for Covid-19 vaccines are in the process of sinking back to earth.” Rather than be disappointed at this latest vaccine twist ...

Helen Branswell can be reached at helen.branswell@statnews.com. Follow her on Twitter @HelenBranswell. Follow Stat on Twitter: @statnews.

Now, reports Helen Branswell for STAT, rules for antibiotics in animals just got stricter in a bid to protect humans. A new rule about antibiotics in food animals is now in effect, writes Branswell.