For some, finally meeting their colleagues face-to-face has come with a few nasty surprisesAlexandra was delighted when she landed a new job in the midst of the pandemic. The 55-year-old felt she had bonded with her new colleagues online and looked for…
The message from Israel is clear: Covid booster shots should be standard | David O’Connor
A third dose of the vaccine provides significant protection, but that should not mean those who are unvaccinated go withoutDavid O’Connor is professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of WisconsinIn the summer, Israel began offeri…
Coronavirus live news: fourth Brazil UN attendee tests positive; life expectancy falls by most since second world war
Life expectancy of American men drops by more than two years; CEO of Brazilian state lender tests positive for CovidCovid has wiped out years of progress on life expectancy, finds studyTributes pour in for pioneering PNG female doctor who died from Cov…
Should scientists run the country?
Covid has put academics like Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance at the heart of policymaking, but electing better politicians could be the answerHow many lives would have been saved in the pandemic if the UK government had truly “followed the science”? …
How the US vaccine effort derailed and why we shouldn’t be surprised
Low vaccine rates may be the predictable outcome subject to entrenched social forces that have diminished American health and life expectancy since the 1980s, health researchers sayDr Claudia Fegan’s patient was a congenial, articulate and unvaccinated…
Antibodies in breast milk remain for 10 months after Covid infection – study
Exclusive: Researchers believe such antibodies could be used to treat people with severe coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBreastfeeding women who have been infected with Covid-19 continue to secrete virus-neutralis…
Labour conference: ‘wrong time’ to change leadership rules, says Burnham – live
Labour party conference delegates debate Starmer’s proposed changesInfighting mars start of Labour conference as Starmer and Rayner clashStarmer: Labour would not nationalise big six energy firmsStarmer’s keynote speech aims to prepare school leavers f…
The Guardian view on Starmer’s Labour: time to take on the Tories | Editorial
The Labour leader must know his party faces existential implications if it suffers a historic fifth election defeatBritons usually eat more than 10m turkeys during the festive season. If the country were to run short of the yuletide bird then that may …
Coronavirus live: Strictly pair test positive for Covid; 70 million Americans still unvaccinated
Tom Fletcher from McFly and Amy Dowden are self-isolating; States including Idaho and Kansas report throwing away thousands of expired dosesFears for 1 million UK furloughed staff with Sunak set to end schemeNew York City’s vaccine mandate for school s…
Fears for 1 million furloughed staff with Sunak set to finally end scheme
After the success of the chancellors’s £70bn programme, there is uncertainty about the future direction of the economyThe biggest state intervention in the UK’s labour market in peacetime comes to an end this week when the government finally winds up i…