A workplace in Bucharest filled with anti-virus innovations could become the new normal in office design, its creators hopeExplainer: what are UK workers’ rights when asked to return?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNot so lo…
Breakthrough infections and booster shots: what you need to know
Vaccine efficacy against infection is waning slightly with time – but efficacy against severe symptoms remains strongFederal health authorities have recommended booster shots for all adults who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with either the the …
Anti-vaxxers and Covid conspiracists may seem wackier – but pandemic protest isn’t new | Jason Wilson
Resistance to measures to limit disease spread are part of history. How extreme they are depends on what leaders do, and what they allowIn the pandemic’s second year, a transnational, conspiracy-minded protest movement is becoming more vocal, and in so…
We’re paying the price of the UK government’s herd immunity policy | Letter
The legacy of Boris Johnson’s initial approach to the pandemic can be measured in lives needlessly lost and ruined, says Michael RosenYour report on US officials’ reaction to Boris Johnson’s initial coronavirus policy, to aim for herd immunity (Trump t…
Joe Biden says he and first lady plan on getting Covid booster shot
President defends shots as millions worldwide are unvaccinated: US has ‘provided more to the rest of the world than all the rest of the world combined’Joe Biden has said that he and first lady Jill Biden plan on getting a booster shot and is comfortabl…
French scientist who pushed unproven Covid drug may be forced from post
Didier Raoult, who promoted hydroxychloroquine treatment, may not be able to continue his researchThe French scientist who promoted the discredited hydroxychloroquine treatment for Covid-19 backed by Donald Trump faces being pushed out of the infectiou…
‘No one wanted to read’ his book on pandemic psychology – then Covid hit
Australian psychologist Steven Taylor published what would turn out to be a prophetic book, and it has become like a Lonely Planet guide to the pandemicIn October 2019, a month or so before Covid-19 began to spread from the industrial Chinese city of W…
Jabbed adults infected with Delta ‘can match virus levels of unvaccinated’
Researchers say implications for transmission remain unclear but reaching herd immunity even more challengingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFully vaccinated adults can harbour virus levels as high as unvaccinated people if …
WHO condemns rush by wealthy nations to give Covid vaccine booster
Move likened to handing out lifejackets to those who already have them while letting others drownCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe World Health Organization has condemned the rush by wealthy countries to provide Covid-19 v…
‘Hidden pandemic’: Peruvian children in crisis as carers die
With 93,000 children in Peru losing a parent to Covid, many face depression, anxiety and povertyWhen Covid-19 began shutting down Nilda López’s vital organs, doctors decided that the best chance of saving her and her unborn baby was to put her into a c…