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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"


A genetic test in a laboratory

Severe covid-19 symptoms linked to more than 1300 genetic variants

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


A Moderna covid-19 vaccine is prepared

Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response

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


Commuters at St Pancras International train station in London, England, in May

Covid-19 news archive: May 2022

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...


People queue for a PCR covid-19 test in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 30 November 2021

Covid-19 news archive: April 2022

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...


Bill Gates speaks during All In WA: A Concert For COVID-19 Relief on 24 June 2020 in Washington.

How to Prevent the Next Pandemic review: Bill Gates’s timely blueprint

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


A person at a covid-19 test centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK, on 21 December

Covid-19 news archive: March 2022

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...


Zero-covid strategies are being ditched, but they were the best option

Zero-covid strategies are being ditched, but they were the best option

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


Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

Covid-19 news archive: February 2022

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...


Covid-19 news archive: January 2022

Covid-19 news archive: January 2022

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...


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