Fox News staffers also backed away from promoting drug after a recent US trial did not go wellCoronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump and conservative supporters have backed away from repeatedly hyping the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential cure for the coronavirus.Along with Fox News staffers, who have also pivoted from...

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Climate activist says Covid-19 outbreak shows change can happen when we listen to scientistsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGreta Thunberg has urged people around the world to take a new path after the coronavirus pandemic, which she said proved “our society is not sustainable”.The Swedish climate activist said the strong global response to Covid-19 demonstrated...

Richard Dreyfuss plays a retired engineer who wins a place on the first commercial space flight in an amiable, late-life adventure A likable performance by Richard Dreyfuss livens up this easygoing drama about second chances and late-life adventure from actor-turned-director Shelagh McLeod. Dreyfuss plays a retired civil engineer who, all his life, has dreamed of going to space and is now in with...

Elena Manighetti, from Lombardy, and Ryan Osborne told families not to contact them with bad news during Atlantic crossingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Elena Manighetti and Ryan Osborne set off to cross the Atlantic ocean on their 11-metre sailing boat, the coronavirus crisis was just one of many stories in the news. The disease was largely confined to China...

Health secretary tells MPs social distancing is working but lockdown will remainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK has reached the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, has confirmed.While updating MPs in the Commons on the government’s strategy for testing the disease, Hancock said social distancing was working, adding: “It is...

I worked for the EPA for 33 years. We can’t let this administration obliterate half a century of environmental progressOn the first Earth Day in 1970, millions of Americans took to the streets to demand clean air, water and land, and advocate for a healthier and more sustainable environment. By the end of the year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was founded. Related: EPA faces...

Taking down the fossil fuel industry requires taking on the institutions that finance it. Even during a pandemic, this movement is gaining steam 1970 was a simpler time. (February was a simpler time too, but for a moment let’s think outside the pandemic bubble.)Simpler because our environmental troubles could be easily seen. The air above our cities was filthy, and the water in our lakes and...

Latest figures from public health authorities on the spread of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom. Find out how many confirmed cases have been reported near youCoronavirus - live news updatesFind all our coronavirus coverage hereHow to protect yourself from infectionPlease note: these are government figures on numbers of confirmed cases – some people who report symptoms are not being tested, and are...

Helen Whately says shipment is being checked, but fails to explain why offers from British suppliers were ignoredCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA health minister has confirmed the delayed Turkish shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) has landed in the UK but struggled to explain why so many offers of gowns, masks and other items from British suppliers have...

Countries that are actively working to contain coronavirus are buying themselves time to deal with its uncertain outcomes Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs Sars-CoV-2 has spread across the world, some countries have reacted with alarm and thorough preparations, given their previous experiences with Mers or Sars. In these countries, such as South Korea, Taiwan,...

From the orangutans that lived undisturbed for 700,000 years to the frolicking rhesus macaques of Kathmandu, the BBC’s new nature blockbuster brings us closer than ever to the planet of the apes One day 23 years ago, scientists were exploring a lost world called Batang Toru when they glimpsed something moving in the forest canopy. What they saw was a great ape that had lived in splendid...

Amphibians are at the forefront of a battle against extinction – but they’re not the only ones benefiting from ‘frozen zoos’ Olaf grasps Diane Barber’s gloved hands with his sticky, four-fingered legs. His skin is bumpy and moist, the colour of pebbles at the bottom of a river when dappled sun hits them. Olaf’s eyes are deep amber. His body lifts and falls with each breath. “The...

Sarah Boseley speaks to Dr Dipesh Patel about the effects of Covid-19 on people with diabetes, including the role that glucose levels and a high BMI might play Continue...

Labor and Jacqui Lambie ask for trials of anti-malarial drugs with known side-effects to be truly voluntarySign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsLabor, the crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie and experts have urged Defence to avoid exposing military personnel to harm while using them to test potential...