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.

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 ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Stat News' Helen Branswell about how pandemic precautions like masking may have eliminated certain strains of the flu, which could mean flu shots will be easier to make.

Helen Branswell on monkeypox, plus: an FDA controversy and fake Alzheimer’s data By Damian Garde, Allison DeAngelis, and Adam Feuerstein Reprints ...

Helen Branswell, STAT’s senior writer covering infectious disease, joins us to explain the sudden resurgence of a bird flu virus called H5N1 and why experts are watching the situation closely.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Helen Branswell is a Senior Writer for the STAT News with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2021 Call-In.

Two years ago, Helen Branswell wrote for STAT that “When Towns Lose Their Newspapers, Disease Detectives are Left Flying Blind.” Epidemiologists depend on regional outlets in monitoring outbreaks, ...

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.

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.

Reporter Helen Branswell wrote her first piece about what looked like it might be a new virus emerging in China on Jan. 4, 2020.