Covid-19

Many believe care homes have been ignored during the pandemic so far - with disastrous consequences...

What could be the new normal of healthcare, education and transport?

Mental health researcher Olivia Remes shares her tips for keeping mentally well during lockdown...

How does coronavirus affect children?

Can our feline friends contract and transmit the Covid-19 coronavirus?

Anosmia has recently been added to the UK's list of coronavirus symptoms to self-isolate with...

Progress in vaccine trials, and the longevity of immune responses to Covid-19...

Results from the coronavirus symptom tracker app, rethinking the office aircon, covid in pregnancy, and safe public...

‘The aim is to find the monoclonal’ hunting for antibodies to treat Covid-19

Preprint servers let scientists communicate and collaborate - but are they bypassing peer review?

How have scientists been adapting to life without their labs? Here's a physicist's outlet...

Should we really be handing public money to an industry that’s one of the major causes of climate change?

At Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, staff had been working without realising they'd had the coronavirus...

How does the UK's new contact tracing app rank on privacy and data security?

Astronauts are preparing for the first flight in the Dragon spacecraft...

How does remdesivir work, and what might this mean for the treatment of coronavirus infection...

Will SARS-CoV-2 continue to circulate for years to come?

What do those needle-thin bones do? Also, antibody tests for Covid-19, and how memories are laid down...

A study shows that common variations of the ACE2 gene don't affect factors like blood pressure...

Computer modelling shows versions of the ACE2 gene that may change how the virus binds to cells...

A popular UK symptom tracking app has revealed that half of the variation between people is genetic...

Genetic differences may be part of why some people get severe infections - but likely won't explain much...

ACE is the cousin of ACE2, but they do opposite things. And drugs that inhibit ACE might help with COVID-19...

ACE2 is the entry gate for the coronavirus - but its day job involves blood pressure...