Coronavirus: Why minority ethnic groups suffer more
…with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and, for a given age, men and women from all ethnic groups (except Chinese women) were at greater risk of dying from COVID-19 than white…
Coronavirus: Exit strategies
…not seen since the Apollo program of moon landings. Will COVID-19 abate this summer, like a seasonal infection? Probably not. There has been debate about the extent to which COVID-19…
Coronavirus: from antibodies to vaccines
…responds to COVID-19, how immunity develops, and for how long. Filling in these missing details is vital, not least because efforts to develop an effective COVID-19 vaccine depends on understanding…
Coronavirus: will there be a winter wave?
…number of COVID-19 infections. When R is above one, the spread of COVID-19 is going to accelerate. Under one, the pandemic will decelerate. But the number of people infected at…
Up close with coronavirus
…also showed that individuals with COVID-19 are most infectious early on. Other studies show that people are often infectious before they develop symptoms, which is why placing contacts of COVID-19…
Coronavirus: Digital Detectives
…any more covid-19 apps? Many COVID-19 apps have or are being developed, and you can see details of these automated contact tracing efforts in MIT Review’s COVID tracing tracker. Apple…
Coronavirus: how the virus changed science
…different about research on COVID-19? It’s not an original observation, but in some ways, it’s like being in a war. Not with respect to conflict between nations, but with respect…
Coronavirus: what’s safe and what’s not
…Why should we care about COVID-19 statistics? As we come out of lockdown, it is important that members of the public understand the risks of COVID-19. Why is the perception…
Coronavirus: what we know (and don’t know) about the virus
This is the first blog post in a series exploring the science behind the COVID-19 global pandemic. THE VIRUS What is a virus? Cardboard and plastic model of an adenovirus,…
Testing for Coronavirus
…to estimate that ‘less than a half of COVID-19-infected individuals are asymptomatic’. Of the 3,711 passengers and crew on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which had a COVID-19 outbreak in…
Coronavirus: Quest for a Cure
…drug originally developed by the Californian company Gilead Sciences to combat Ebola. The drug infusions enabled hospitalised patients with advanced COVID-19 to recover 31% faster than those who received a…
Coronavirus: Hunting down COVID-19
Kari Stefansson is the CEO of the Icelandic company deCODE genetics in Reykjavík, which has studied the spread of COVID-19 in Iceland with Iceland’s Directorate of Health and the National…