The speed and cooperation of the Covid response has been honed by decades of dealing with ‘the biggest pandemic the world has ever seen’When Dr Anthony Fauci spoke at the 20th International Aids Conference in Melbourne in 2014, his appearance garnered little media attention.Nearly seven years later, the HIV expert and director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has...
We’ve had a traumatic year and lost patients and colleagues. But all he offers us is a derisory 1% pay offerRachel Clarke is a palliative care doctor and the author of Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of PandemicWhen the NHS saved his life last April, Boris Johnson could not have reacted more fulsomely on social media. “Our NHS is the beating heart of this country,” he waxed lyrical in...
Previously unknown individual who tested positive for variant located after massive searchCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOfficials have tracked down the unidentified person in England who tested positive for the Brazilian variant of Covid, health sources have said.The individual was located after a search of nearly a week, launched in an attempt to prevent the...
As the UK government plans to extend the use of lie detectors to terrorism and domestic abuse, our science editor puts himself in the hot seat“Did you plant the bomb?” It’s not a question I’ve been asked before but I’m comfortable enough denying it. Truth is – I didn’t plant a bomb. I planted a pretend bomb – a shoebox filled with webcams and wires – and I’m relying on my...
David Morris encounters rare optical illusion known as superior mirage while out on coastal strollThere are only so many polite words that come to mind when one spots a ship apparently hovering above the ocean during a stroll along the English coastline.David Morris, who captured the extraordinary sight on camera, declared himself “stunned” when he noticed a giant tanker evidently floating...
Latest updates: pay offer denounced as ‘pitiful’ by health sector unions, amid warnings it could prompt NHS staff to quitStarmer calls for bigger NHS pay rise after unions attack ‘pitiful’ 1%UK scientist says ‘substantial’ degree of mortality inevitable in futureSurvey shows parents’ concern over Covid effect on children’s activity‘All I’ve wanted is to give mum a hug’: four...
Image unexpectedly shows light and dark features, including Aphrodite Terra, a highland area near planet’s equatorA newly released image from Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe unexpectedly shows surface features on Venus. It is a surprising result because Venus is permanently covered in clouds that should block out any view of the surface at optical wavelengths.Previous spacecraft have resorted to...
Prime minister thanks New Zealand for complying with seven-day restrictions on fifth day of no new community casesAuckland’s seven-day lockdown is due to lift on Sunday morning after no new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the community on Friday.The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said Auckland would go from alert level three to level two at 6am on Sunday, while the rest of the country...
The space debris was spotted falling to Earth near Bordeaux but astronomer admits to ‘needle in a haystack’ searchFrance’s ranks of amateur astronomers have been urged to help find an apricot-size meteorite that fell to Earth last weekend in the south-west of the country.The rock, estimated to weigh 150 grams (just over five ounces), was captured plunging through the atmosphere by cameras at...