Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cites lack of understanding of virus and lasting health effectsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe head of the World Health Organization has warned against deliberately allowing coronavirus to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity, saying the idea is unethical.“Herd immunity is a concept used for vaccination, in which a...

To make experimental antibodies affordable will cost billions. If they are shown to work, it will be money well spentCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWe all want a cure for Covid-19, but it won’t come in a single drug. Neither can we expect to escape this global crisis if treatments, tests or vaccines are not made available to those most vulnerable worldwide....

Referrals currently at 60% of pre-pandemic levels, figures from Cancer Research UK showCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe link between coughing and Covid-19 could be stopping people with lung cancer from getting the care they need, experts have said.According to figures from Cancer Research UK, about 350,000 fewer people than normal received urgent suspected cancer...

Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson awarded prize 26 years after game theory scholar John NashThe Nobel prize for economics was awarded on Monday to two US game theory specialists, 26 years after John Nash – the Princeton academic depicted by Russell Crowe in the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind – won for his groundbreaking work on the same subject.Americans Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson won for...

Study instead suggests people are initially attracted to those with similar features to themselvesThe question has intrigued psychologists for years: do the faces of people in long-term relationships start to look the same?Hints that they do emerged in the 1980s and have since made it into psychology courses. Yet in the ensuing decades, the observation has never been scientifically confirmed or...

Concerns raised orders were applied to groups such as care home residents at start of pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn investigation has been launched into allegations of the blanket use of “do not resuscitate” orders in England during the early part of the coronavirus pandemic.Concerns have been raised that blanket orders were applied to some groups –...

Infection rates at universities up to seven times higher than those in surrounding areasCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCovid-19 infection rates at universities in England and Wales are up to seven times higher than those in the general population locally, Guardian analysis has found, amid concern that growing student outbreaks risk spilling over into the wider...

Boris Johnson’s plan will see areas of England graded in three tiers of restrictionsThree-tier plan: what it means and how it may workCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNo 10 has warned that the UK is at a “critical juncture” for controlling the spread of Covid as Boris Johnson prepares to lay out new rules that will see pubs and bars in areas with the highest...