Covid-19

Reading Time: < 1 minute Over 15 million people across the UK have been given their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, hitting a government target. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute Scientists at the University of Cambridge say an antiviral coating on face masks is capable of protecting users from the Kent and South…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite a rich history of scientific breakthroughs, from Louis Pasteur’s rabies vaccine to the discovery of HIV in the 1980s, France is…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of Covid deaths in over-85s is falling twice as fast it is in younger Brits, raising hopes that the UK’s…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Wuhan lab at the centre of a storm over the origins of Covid-19 was awarded a patent for cages to hold…

Reading Time: < 1 minute John Magufuli’s cavalier disregard of Covid’s impact in the great lakes region is fuelling conspiracies and endangering lives. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of patients reporting symptoms of Covid-19 weeks after becoming ill could be as high as 20%, an immunologist said, Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Children as young as six will be given the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine as part of a new clinical trial to test its efficacy…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Cabinet ministers have backed the use of vaccine certificates for travellers wanting to head abroad this year. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute There is currently no cure for coronavirus, with the world pinning its hopes on mass vaccination to end the pandemic. Read More