Medical research
Ode to the Spring review – Chinese exploration of pandemic ground zero in Wuhan
Telling five Covid-related stories, this platitudinous urban-interconnection drama offers lectures on virtue and self-sacrifice and feels like state propaganda
Phil Hoad
04, Jul, 2022 @10:00 AM
Australia’s 10,000 deaths and the paradox of ‘Covid normal’
The country has fared better than others – but those on the frontline are still wrestling with the agony of the coronavirus pandemic
Melissa Davey Medical editor
02, Jul, 2022 @11:52 PM
UK scientists warn of urgent need for action on vaccines to head off autumn Covid wave
Expert fear that new variants will emerge and stress the need to prepare the best drugs to combat it
Robin McKie, Science Editor
02, Jul, 2022 @7:21 PM
Where’s the herd immunity? Our research shows why Covid is still wreaking havoc | Danny Altmann
‘Living with the virus’ is proving much harder than the early vaccine success suggested, says professor of immunology Danny Altmann
Danny Altmann
01, Jul, 2022 @11:43 AM
Nerve-cooling implant could offer pain relief alternative to opioids, say researchers
Device which can dissolve in the body represents an ‘engineering approach to treating pain’
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
30, Jun, 2022 @6:00 PM
Yes, the number of Covid cases in the UK is rising – but that is no cause for alarm | Matt Hancock
With vaccines preventing most serious illness and death, any talk of bringing back restrictions is pure scaremongering, says former health secretary Matt Hancock
Matt Hancock
30, Jun, 2022 @11:00 AM
Doctors treat first UK patient in Covid ‘super donor’ blood trial
Reopened trial to look at whether plasma with high levels of antibodies can help save lives of immunosuppressed
Ian Sample Science editor
29, Jun, 2022 @11:01 PM
Dame Deborah James obituary
Frank, warm and funny podcaster and campaigner who raised millions for bowel cancer charities
Jude Rogers
29, Jun, 2022 @9:54 AM
Are pockets of Covid in the gut causing long-term symptoms?
Scientists are investigating whether reservoirs of virus ‘hiding’ in the body are contributing to long Covid
Linda Geddes Science correspondent
28, Jun, 2022 @5:09 PM
Possible link between blood clots and Covid symptoms investigated
UK studies will look into whether blood thinners may help people who have ongoing symptoms
Nicola Davis Science correspondent
27, Jun, 2022 @1:13 PM
Should we be worried that polio has been detected in the UK? | Devi Sridhar
Until an infectious disease is eradicated everywhere in the world, we are all vulnerable, says Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh
Devi Sridhar
27, Jun, 2022 @1:08 PM
‘You get goosebumps from the data’: hopes rise for new malaria vaccine
The disease is a leading killer of under fives across Africa. But trials for a new vaccine suggest an end to the death toll could be in sight
Lizzy Davies in Kilifi. Photography by Luis Tato for the Guardian
27, Jun, 2022 @6:15 AM
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