
Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO
5 May 2023
The World Health Organization has declared an end to covid-19’s designation as a public health emergency of international concern, saying the pandemic is on a "downward trend"

5 May 2023
The World Health Organization has declared an end to covid-19’s designation as a public health emergency of international concern, saying the pandemic is on a "downward trend"

14 June 2022
Hundreds of genetic variants may influence your risk of becoming severely ill with covid-19, a discovery that could lead to more targeted treatments or even tests that assess a person's likelihood of complications

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

6 June 2022
This is an archive of the New Scientist daily covid-19 news update: May 2022. Updates from: April 2022, March 2022, February 2022, January 2022, November/December 2021, September/ October 2021, July to September 2021, June/ July 2021, May 2021, March...

8 May 2022
This is an archive of the New Scientist daily covid-19 news update: April 2022. Updates from: March 2022, February 2022, January 2022, November/December 2021, September/ October 2021, July to September 2021, June/ July 2021, May 2021, March 2021, February...

2 May 2022
Bill Gates’s plans to avoid chaos caused by future viruses are sound and well explained, but he omits a key issue

13 April 2022
This is an archive of the New Scientist daily covid-19 news update, March 2022, Updates from: February 2022, January 2022, November/December 2021, September/ October 2021, July to September 2021, June/ July 2021, May 2021, March 2021, February 2021, January...

30 March 2022
Several countries are now abandoning their goal of reducing the coronavirus's spread as much as possible, but the evidence shows this was the best route to have taken, says Michael Marshall

13 March 2022
This is an archive of the New Scientist daily covid-19 news update, February 2022. Updates from: January 2022, November/December 2021, September/ October 2021, July to September 2021, June/ July 2021, May 2021, March 2021, February 2021, January 2021, November/December...

31 January 2022
This is an archive of the New Scientist daily covid-19 news update from January 2022. See updates from November/December 2021, September/ October 2021, July to September 2021, June/ July 2021, May 2021, March 2021, February 2021, January 2021, November/December...