67,386 articles mezi dny 1.12.2020 a 31.12.2021

The pandemic has allowed us to see so much. What will we do with our newfound clarity?

From government systems to family units to our own psyches, the pandemic brought revelation. What will we change?A retreating ocean is often the first sign of a tsunami. The water along the shoreline is dragged back dramatically, exposing parts of the shore and seabed that are normally underwater.It’s helpful to frame the first two years of the pandemic in similar terms to this ocean drawback....

I’m a UK Covid scientist. Here’s a sample of the abuse in my inbox

Messages may contain unhinged expletives, threatening tropes … or one of my interviews set to musicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“You scaremongering ignorant fucking cunt, you and your retarded team made predictions that could have fucked this country for billions of pounds, fucked Christmas for a second time and cost thousands thier [sic] jobs only to have your...

UK government’s Covid advisers enduring ‘tidal waves of abuse’

Exclusive: Guardian survey shows level of intimidation, including death threats, against scientific and medical advisersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe “appalling” scale of abuse, intimidation and threatening behaviour directed at the UK government’s scientific and medical advisers has been laid bare in a Guardian survey of experts working on the...

UK medicines regulator approves Pfizer’s ‘life-saving’ Covid pill

Paxlovid found to be ‘safe and effective’ at reducing hospitalisation and death among vulnerable adultsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageUK regulators have approved Pfizer’s “life-saving” antiviral drug Paxlovid, which boasts nearly 90% success in preventing severe illness among vulnerable adults if taken soon after becoming infected with Covid-19.The...

What do we know about the Omicron Covid variant so far?

Scientists are working at speed to assess transmission rates, vaccine effectiveness and severity of casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSince the first cases of Omicron were reported in the UK just over a month ago it has spread rapidly across the UK, fuelling a surge of infections. But scientists have also been working at speed. Here is an overview of the expanding...

‘Tit for tat’: why hunt for Covid’s origins still mired in politics and controversy

Scientific consensus absent as impasse between China and west continues to hamper tracing effortCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRobert Garry, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Tulane medical school in Louisiana, got a call from his university management telling him that agents from the FBI and CIA had requested a chat about his research into the origins of...