14 November 2022
Kevin Esvelt, who created the first artificial gene drive capable of wiping out an entire species, says the threat of a deliberately released virus causing a pandemic is being overlooked
9 June 2022
A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews from New Scientist about the covid-19 pandemic
31 March 2022
Recombination, essentially the viral version of sex, occurs when a single cell is simultaneously infected with two related viruses, whose genetic material could mix as they replicate
16 February 2021
The beta coronavirus variant or B1.351, which was first identified in South Africa
24 December 2020
We have a coronavirus vaccine, but normal life is still some way off. In the meantime, here are the big issues facing us in the months ahead
18 November 2020
Coronavirus vaccines being developed by Pfizer and Moderna could be the first mRNA vaccines to get approval. Here's how these vaccines work and how might they change the world
23 September 2020
While there may have been a few cases outside Wuhan as early as December, it appears the virus did not become widespread until months later
26 August 2020
Some shortcuts are being taken in the race to get a coronavirus vaccine approved, but there are also more resources, openness and scrutiny than ever before
29 May 2020
Remdesivir is an antiviral drug that has provisional approval in several countries for treating people with severe coronavirus infections. It has been shown to shorten recovery time in people with covid-19 but not to reduce mortality.
