Foreign materials including stainless steel identified in batches of Covid-19 vaccine though no safety or efficacy issues have been reportedThe Moderna coronavirus vaccine programme in Japan has been hit by a series of contamination incidents, promptin…
Has Covid ended the neoliberal era? | Adam Tooze
The year 2020 exposed the risks and weaknesses of the market-driven global system like never before. It’s hard to avoid the sense that a turning point has been reachedIf one word could sum up the experience of 2020, it would be disbelief. Between Xi Ji…
Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future
Many people with long COVID feel that science is failing them. Neglecting them could make the pandemic even worse. Despite long-haulers’ fight for recognition, any discussion of the pandemic still largely revolves around two extremes—good health at one…
猛威を振るう「デルタ株」は、子どもたちにパンデミックを引き起こすのか？ 知っておくべき3つのこと
新型コロナウイルスのなかでも感染力が強いとされる「デルタ株」が猛威を振るうなか、米国では子どもの感染者が急増している。これまで感染拡大の影響をあまり受けずにきた子どもたちは、ワクチンの接種対象ではないことでデルタ株の格好の標的になる可能性もある。子どもたちは、いまどのようなリスクに直面しているのか──。知っておくべき3つのことを紹介する。
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Shop prices rise amid driver shortages and Brexit red tape
Retail data shows 0.4% month-on-month increase in August, with 0.6% rise in non-foodUK shop prices rose last month, according to the latest data from the British Retail Consortium, in a sign that driver shortages and the costs of Brexit-induced red tap…
Coronavirus live news: Australia reports over 1,000 new cases; England’s Covid infections are 26 times up on a year ago
Follow all the latest on the Covid-19 pandemic from around the world See all our coronavirus coverage 3.54pm BST In Australia, older people could have to wait months to get a choice of vaccines, despite the technical advisory group on immunisation (Ata…
Florida radio host who called himself ‘Mr Anti-Vax’ dies of Covid-19
Marc Bernier was hospitalized three weeks agoStation and friends pay tribute to hostUnvaccinated teacher infected half her students, CDC findsA conservative radio host from Florida who criticised coronavirus vaccination efforts – and called himself “Mr…
For most of the world, the pandemic is not over | Devi Sridhar
Poorer countries need to be able to produce their own vaccines. Until that happens, they will be left behindThe Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2 is causing major problems across the world. Estimated to be at least twice as transmissible as the original viru…
Take-up of second Covid jab in England levelling off
Concern as scientists say vaccinating adults is more important than inoculating children or booster shotsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHundreds of thousands of people have failed to come forward for their second Covid jab…
Who is now receiving critical care for Covid? | David Spiegelhalter and Anthony Masters
Almost one in three younger women admitted are currently or recently pregnantIn his memoir of having Covid-19, the poet Michael Rosen recalled doctors telling him he had a 50–50 chance of surviving mechanical ventilation.This advice was optimistic: of …