Covid-19

A new rapid diagnostic, based on nanotubes, might be the answer to rapid coronavirus diagnosis...

What's the duration of the protection after a jab, or natural infection, plus a host of head-scratchers from...

For Halloween, we're getting up close and personal with spiders, from their venom to their mating habits

With Covid cases rising in the UK, should the government be moving forward with Plan B of restrictions?

We now know SARS-CoV-2 kills cells in the brain's blood vessels, which may be behind neurological symptoms

When scientists do risky research on viruses, who decides if it's too dangerous and how is it kept safe?

We look at the incidents when dangerous diseases have escaped the lab into the wide world...

Would you fund research that could prevent a pandemic, but may accidentally cause one in the process?

Severe illness in unvaccinated pregnant women with COVID is causing alarm...

Some people are reporting changes to their period after receiving a COVID vaccine, what could be going on?

Signs that swabs from cell phones are almost as sensitive as testing the owner for Covid-19...

The best tests for Covid-19, stress and going grey, and the impacts of junk food...

With great disparities in vaccination rates around the world, how can we distribute vaccines more effectively?

A study giving the flu and COVID jabs in one go is a success

Why some scientists are predicting a particularly bad cold and flu season this year

The theory that the COVID epidemic escaped from a lab in Wuhan is gaining traction...

We talk viral evolution, vaccine quality control, and why we usually sneeze more than once!

“Big Pharma” is sometimes painted as a greedy villain, protecting its patents at any cost. But is this fair?

Boris Johnson has stepped back from introducing vaccine passports across England. Why?

What causes the symptoms of the menopause and how can we manage them so they don't interrupt our lives?

Should we be worried about giving young people COVID vaccinations in case they get myocarditis?

Is the new academic year destined to provoke a rush of Covid-19 cases in the UK?

New data shows that teenagers are succumbing to long COVID

How good are COVID-19 vaccines at protecting us, and is our vaccine strategy the right one?