3 May 2023
The coronavirus commonly causes gastrointestinal symptoms, but whether this is due to inflammation, disruption to our microbiome or the virus affecting the permeability of our gut wall is unclear
20 December 2022
Many countries in the northern hemisphere are seeing surges of childhood respiratory infections like influenza and RSV. While this is partly because child infections fell during covid-19 restrictions, that isn’t the whole story
11 August 2021
Here’s what the latest data says about the efficacy and side effects of the most-used covid-19 vaccines worldwide, including Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech
29 October 2020
Diseases like covid-19 come from wild animals, so reducing unsustainable practices like deforestation could stop future outbreaks from happening, according to a global biodiversity report
12 August 2020
Russia has given regulatory approval to a covid-19 vaccine, amid concerns about the level of testing it has undergone. Here's what you need to know about the Sputnik V vaccine
30 June 2020
Scotland may be only weeks away from no new daily cases of coronavirus. As the nation gets close, cases from over the border will become a big problem
22 May 2020
It isn’t true that dolphins have returned to Venice, but bees are benefitting from lower air pollution, and a drop in ocean traffic could be good for whales
21 May 2020
Poaching is up, zoos are running out of money and conservation funding has been slashed. But there’s hope the pandemic could make biodiversity a higher priority
19 March 2020
The World Health Organization is the international body responsible for public health
19 March 2020
The coronavirus is not a bioweapon and most likely originated in animals. However, whether the virus may have leaked from a lab is also being investigated.
