Arthur Allen

Arthur Allen writes on health, science and other issues for Salon and Kaiser Health News. He lives in Washington.

Trump team’s $500 million bet on old vaccine technology puzzles scientists Arthur Allen

Vet looking at a calf on a farm

Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots. Some experts say the US should, too Arthur Allen

A hand in a medical glove injects a syringe into a chicken egg

The chicken and egg problem of fighting another flu pandemic Arthur Allen

Paxlovid; Patients in a hospital waiting room

Why COVID patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it Arthur Allen

COVID Vaccine

Why the CDC has recommended new COVID boosters for all Arthur Allen

Joe Biden

5 things to know about the new drug pricing negotiations Arthur Allen

Neurology research, concept

The real costs of the new Alzheimer’s drug, most of which will fall to taxpayers Arthur Allen

Bernie Sanders

Sen. Sanders shows fire, but seeks modest goals, in his debut drug hearing as health chair Arthur Allen

Medicare for All

"We ain’t gonna get it": Why Bernie Sanders says his "Medicare for All" dream must wait Arthur Allen

CVS

Decisions by CVS and Optum panicked thousands of their sickest patients Arthur Allen

Baby was sick as Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in kid hospital

A technicality could keep RSV shots from kids in need Arthur Allen

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, Bivalent

FDA experts are still puzzled over who should get which COVID shots and when Arthur Allen

MRSA super bug colonies on blood agar plate

Is legislation to safeguard Americans against superbugs a boondoggle or breakthrough? Arthur Allen

RNA Virus

What the polio case in New York tells us about the end of polio Arthur Allen

Bacteria

As Big Pharma loses interest in new antibiotics, infections are only growing stronger Arthur Allen

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