The H5N1 bird flu virus has historically extracted a heavy toll when it infects humans, with nearly half of confirmed cases ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. formally accepted recommendations that would require all vaccine manufacturers to ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky.

Cognitive behavioral therapy is known to be beneficial for people with chronic pain, but accessing that care can be difficult ...

Helen Branswell is STAT's infectious diseases and public health reporter. She comes from the Canadian Press, where she was the medical reporter for the past 15 years.

As the U.S. crosses 1 million Covid-19 deaths, STAT's Helen Branswell reflects on what we've experienced during the past two-plus years.

Boston, MA (February 24, 2021) – STAT, the most influential health, science, and medicine publication, today announced that veteran infectious disease and global health reporter Helen Branswell ...

STAT published Helen Branswell's first piece on Covid-19 on Jan. 4, 2020. In a conversation on Wednesday, she reflected on covering the pandemic, the first SARS outbreak and more.

Williams appeared at the hourlong virtual event held by the Kennedy Library Forums with STAT senior infectious disease reporter Helen Branswell and moderator Rick Berke, STAT’s executive editor ...

Helen Branswell, the infectious-diseases reporter for Stat, in Boston, was one of the first reporters to closely cover the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. She also knows how much we missed.

Clockwise from top left, Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina, STAT's Rick Berke, former government homeland security official Juliette Kayyem, and STAT's Helen Branswell at a Friday panel hosted ...