17 May 2022
Cronobacter sakazakii contamination shut down the biggest formula manufacturing plant in the US. What we know about how it happened and what parents struggling to find formula can do
20 October 2021
Standard clinical trials used to test new medicines are slow and cumbersome. The pandemic has shown that a new kind of trial is far quicker, but is it reliable enough?
10 February 2021
Faced with an unknown disease, doctors had to update best practices faster than ever before. Here's what we now know about gold standard coronavirus treatments
18 November 2020
Once a vaccine is approved, the race is on to overcome the biggest logistics challenge in history to distribute it around the globe
21 October 2020
When it comes to covid-19, we all have different levels of risk we're comfortable with. Setting a weekly "contact budget" can make it easier to decide which risks are worth taking, says epidemiologist Eleanor Murray
23 September 2020
Do species really exist? Are genes destiny? Do only the fittest survive? Can we shape or stop evolution? New insights into nature are providing surprising answers, and a glorious new picture of life’s complexity
6 May 2020
To figure out what makes some people more vulnerable to severe cases of covid-19, we need to rethink what we know about infection
29 April 2020
Trials of experimental coronavirus vaccines are already under way, but it’s still likely to be years before one is ready and vaccination may not even be possible
1 April 2020
To fight the new coronavirus, researchers are investigating more than 60 drugs, including remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine and brand new ones. Here’s a breakdown of progress so far
31 March 2020
New York City is the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the US and hospitals are already struggling to treat everyone with covid-19, though the outbreak may not peak for three weeks
