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Who gets to decide when the pandemic is over?
It’s been two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID outbreak a pandemic, and since…
2022-04-22
10 COVID-19 lessons that will change the post-pandemic future
We have reached the end of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic with more problems on the horizon.…
2022-01-14
How COVID-19 transformed genomics and changed the handling of disease outbreaks forever
If the pandemic had happened ten years ago, what would it have looked like? Doubtless there would have…
2022-01-10
Omicron may not be the final variant, but it may be the final variant of concern
It is controversial whether viruses are alive, but – like all living things – they do evolve. This…
2022-01-05
The World Is Ill-Prepared to Prevent Another Pandemic
While the world’s overall preparedness score in the 2021 Global Health Security Index isn’t particularly good, it is markedly worse in…
2021-12-28
How can scientists update coronavirus vaccines for omicron? A microbiologist answers 5 questions about how Moderna and Pfizer could rapidly adjust mRNA vaccines
If the omicron variant of the coronavirus is different enough from the original variant, it’s possible that existing…
2021-12-06
6 Things To Know About The Slow COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
As the United States flounders to meet its COVID-19 vaccine targets—only 49% of Americans are fully vaccinated to…
2021-07-27
Could COVID-19 be mutating in animals without us knowing?
People have been panicking about COVID-19 in animals since the very start of the pandemic. There’s now plenty…
2021-07-16
5 Things You Should Know About The Delta Variant
As the new coronavirus strain, called the Delta variant, spreads, experts are taking it seriously. For the first…
2021-07-06
Everything you need to know about the G7’s plan to donate 1 billion vaccine doses
The G7 have announced their plan to donate a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries. However, some…
2021-06-15
World’s Worst Pandemic Leaders: 5 Presidents And Prime Ministers Who Badly Mishandled COVID-19
COVID-19 is notoriously hard to control, and political leaders are only part of the calculus when it comes…
2021-05-31
Five Things To Know About: Mixing And Matching Coronavirus Vaccines
The measure has been introduced by France and Germany for people who received a first dose of the…
2021-05-20
COVID In India: The Deep-Rooted Issues Behind The Current Crisis
India finds itself in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Until March 2021, case numbers were low in…
2021-05-02
Coronavirus Variant Spread Through 15 Countries Before Discovery
The B117 variant of the virus responsible for COVID-19 has been spreading for longer than previously known, researchers…
2021-04-19
Covid-19 Variants: Five Things To Know About How Coronavirus Is Evolving
The Sars-CoV-2 virus is changing in ways that are making it more transmissible, increasing the severity of disease…
2021-04-08
5 Strategies To Prepare Now For The Next Pandemic
While the world is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, public health and emergency management experts are already…
2021-03-25
People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price
Picture the United States struggling to deal with a deadly pandemic. State and local officials enact a slate…
2021-03-23
Can Vaccinated People Still Spread The Coronavirus?
So you’ve gotten your coronavirus vaccine, waited the two weeks for your immune system to respond to the…
2021-03-15
3 Medical Innovations Fueled By COVID-19 That Will Outlast The Pandemic
A number of technologies and tools got a chance to prove themselves for the first time in the…
2021-03-11
Watch: Simple Test Shows Masks Reduce Droplet Spray
Eric Westman was one of the first champions of masking as a means to curtail the spread of…
2021-03-05
Experts: A Mask Cuts Your Coronavirus Risk By 65%
Social distancing and wearing a mask prevent you from spreading COVID-19, but they also protect you from getting…
2021-03-04
What can people in wealthy nations do to fix COVID vaccine ‘apartheid’?
It was heartwarming to see 90-year-old Briton Margaret Keenan becoming the first patient in the world to get the SARS-CoV2…
2021-03-03
A Vaccination Race Between Nations Can Have No Winners
In 2020, one of the world’s most pressing challenges was to develop a vaccine against COVID-19. There is…
2021-02-09
How Effective Are The Covid-19 Vaccines?
Last week, there was more good news on the Covid-19 vaccine front with U.S firms Johnson & Johnson…
2021-02-02
Why COVID-19 Won’t Kill Cities
For those of you who live in cities, ask yourself: What it is about your urban lifestyle that…
2021-01-29
The Covid-19 Vaccination Race
As a result of early efforts to secure vaccine candidates, a quick approval progress by authorities and effective infrastructure…
2021-01-25
Joe Biden Sends A Clear Message To The Watching World – America’s Back
Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path Two weeks after the storming…
2021-01-22
How many people need to get a COVID-19 vaccine in order to stop the coronavirus?
It has been clear for a while that, at least in the U.S., the only way out of…
2021-01-17
How Has Our Urban World Made Pandemics More Likely?
Cities are hubs for business and innovation, but can also create favourable conditions for increased disease transmission. Here,…
2021-01-10
Five Things You Need To Know About: mRNA Vaccine Safety
In trials these vaccines have shown to be at least 94% effective at preventing people from falling ill…
2021-01-10
PCR, Antigen And Antibody: Five Things To Know About Coronavirus Tests
We want technologies that are fast, accurate, have high capacity, that don’t require expensive, complex laboratory equipment or…
2021-01-02
Why should I trust the coronavirus vaccine when it was developed so fast? A doctor answers that and other reader questions
Note: With a coronavirus vaccination effort now underway, you might have questions about what this means for you…
2021-01-01
Is The World Up To The Challenge Of Mass COVID-19 Vaccination?
In a year that has seen a pandemic that has left few unaffected, where consequences resulting from attempts…
2020-12-31
Why It Matters That The Coronavirus Is Changing – And What This Means For Vaccine Effectiveness
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2 is spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom, with over 1,400 cases since September. SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
2020-12-31
Coronavirus New Variant – Genomics Researcher Answers Key Questions
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of…
2020-12-23
Here’s How COVID-19 Has Affected The Restaurant And Hospitality Business
During this past year, the COVID-19 epidemic brought uncertainty and havoc to the global economy. The restaurant and…
2020-12-21
When Can Children Get The COVID-19 Vaccine? 5 Questions Parents Are Asking
The first COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized for use in the U.S., and states have been drawing up…
2020-12-16
COVID-19 Vaccines: How Pfizer’s And Moderna’s 95% Effective mRNA Shots Work
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven a massive allocation of resources towards producing solutions, from identifying life-saving medications, tracking…
2020-12-14
This Is How We Prevent Future Pandemics, Say 22 Leading Scientists
Here’s the good news: we can prevent future pandemics. But only if we take steps to protect the…
2020-12-11
How COVID-19 Vaccines Will Get From The Factory To Your Local Pharmacy
Bahar Aliakbarian is an expert in supply chain management in pharmaceuticals and a professor at the School of…
2020-12-09
We Modelled How A COVID Vaccine Roll-Out Would Work. Here’s What We Found
How well we distribute and administer a COVID-19 vaccine will have massive health, social and economic ramifications. So…
2020-12-08
How Coronavirus Has Changed Shopping: 6 Key Examples
For the last 12 months, the number of COVID-19 victims has continued to swell, causing lots of movement…
2020-12-04
The Cost Per Jab Of Covid-19 Vaccine Candidates
While most reports regarding potential Covid-19 vaccines have quite rightly focused on their efficacy, ease of distribution and cost are…
2020-12-03
Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19
World AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid another pandemic – COVID-19. The highly infectious novel…
2020-12-02
4 Steps For Planning The Holidays During COVID-19
The last several months of experience fighting the COVID-19 pandemic can help you to plan a safer holiday…
2020-12-01
Keeping Indoor Air Clean Can Reduce The Chance Of Spreading Coronavirus
The vast majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs indoors, mostly from the inhalation of airborne particles that contain the…
2020-12-01
COVID Infodemic: What And Who To Believe
These days every hour we are inundated by data and information so much so the World Health Organization (WHO) coined…
2020-11-02
Don’t Cancel Halloween: Some ‘Spooky’ Tips On How To Stay COVID-Safe This All Hallows’ Eve
With much of the world in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, there is some talk of cancelling…
2020-10-31
7 Steps To Stay COVID-Safe This Winter
As temperatures fall, people are spending more time indoors. That heightens the risk of the coronavirus spreading, but…
2020-10-21
Electric Car Sales Are On The Rise – Is Coronavirus A Turning Point For The Market?
Lockdowns across Europe to curb the coronavirus pandemic drastically changed how we move around the world. Work-from-home restrictions,…
2020-10-17