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They will find minimal traces of the virus itself, but lots of PPE.
The lack of thought that has gone into helping people with extra needs live through the pandemic exposes ableist attitudes.
Instead of a global response to the pandemic, we’re seeing an outbreak of vaccine nationalism.
Lowering urban density to protect against the coronavirus would be a misguided response. Density is not a key driver of infection, and keeps people active and healthy.
Try these tests at home.
Measuring seismic noice could show whether people are following future lockdown measures.
Knowing who has had the coronavirus relies on testing – which itself is influenced by the weather.
Boris Johnson has attacked Muslim women for covering their faces. Now he wants the whole of the UK to do so.
People who use home care and their carers may be even more vulnerable during a second wave.
Stigmatising people with coronavirus risks undermining efforts to control the pandemic through contact tracing.
Many leisure centres survived austerity by transferring their management to the local community – could this tactic work again in today’s crisis?
The experimental vaccine stimulates the creation of antibodies. Now we need to show that these effectively protect us from the coronavirus.
It’s hard to discuss COVID without referring to white blood cells. Here is a primer on the two you need to know about.
We’ll achieve herd immunity when 60% of the population is immune to COVID. No, wait, make it 70%. Or is it 80%?
Some are more likely than others to have lost their jobs rather than being furloughed and to have struggled financially during lockdown.
Incumbent governments are enjoying renewed popularity during the pandemic, while far-right challengers get bogged down in conspiracy theories.
Without plastic shielding between seats or more efficient engines, the environmental benefits of public transport are lost.
An overactive immune system may be behind some of the virus’s long after-effects.
The R number fluctuates more as case numbers fall.
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