How close is a Covid-19 vaccine after the Pfizer breakthrough

Nov 11, 2020

Is there vaccine research being done in the US? Donald Trump has said the US would start mass production of any vaccines developed before they are fully approved so that they can be quickly distributed once rubber-stamped. The president has accused the US Food and...

Aspirin could be key in helping Covid-19 patients recover

Nov 4, 2020

Coronavirus patients in British hospitals will be given aspirin in a new trial to find out whether the cheap drug could prevent deadly blood clotting in the lungs. Some studies have shown that nearly 80 per cent of people who die of Covid-19 have thrombosis – or blood...

How scientific ambiguity of outdoor Covid-19 infection has caused confusion in sport for months

Nov 2, 2020

Prof Gabriel Scally, president of the epidemiology and public health section of the Royal Society of Medicine, said governing bodies in the elite could all comply with broadly the same rules instead of adopting interpretations which can cause confusion. For children,...

What is a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown, and how could it help curb rising Covid-19 cases?

Oct 15, 2020

His intervention provoked a bitter backlash from the Government, with a “senior source” branding him a “shameless opportunist”. However, the public seem to be of the same mind as the Labour leader – 54 per cent of people surveyed by YouGov on...

What is a ‘circuit breaker’, and how could it help curb rising Covid-19 cases?

Oct 14, 2020

His intervention provoked a bitter backlash from the Government, with a “senior source” branding him a “shameless opportunist”. However, the public seem to be of the same mind as the Labour leader – 54 per cent of people surveyed by YouGov on...