16 March 2022
As covid-19 restrictions end in many countries, we have a moral duty to cover our mouths and nose when we sneeze and avoid socialising when we feel ill, says Jonathan R Goodman
15 September 2021
The new social norm of isolating when ill with covid-19 should apply to other infectious diseases such as flu, says Jonathan Goodman
14 July 2021
We're not taking evolution into account properly in our pandemic strategy – here's why we must change tack, says Jonathan Goodman
6 January 2021
Humans have faced pandemics before, but some unusual features of covid-19 and modern society have conspired to create the perfect storm this time
20 May 2020
Viruses, like the coronavirus causing covid-19, can evolve rapidly. Knowing how and why they change should help us beat this pandemic and prevent future ones
8 January 2020
Notorious for making us sick, viruses are weird, undead organisms – but new insights are revealing they may have created life's glorious complexity in the first place
4 February 2019
We are bombarded with stories about things that might give us cancer, yet even the experts don't seem sure. So what's the best way to judge the risks?
