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Coronavirus: Human trial of new vaccine begins in UK

Coronavirus: Human trial of new vaccine begins in UK

Volunteers have begun being immunised with a new UK coronavirus vaccine. About 300 people will have the vaccine over the coming weeks, as part of a trial led by Prof Robin Shattock and his colleagues, at Imperial College London. Tests in animals suggest the vaccine is...
On Earth Day, lessons from Covid-19 pandemic offer hope

On Earth Day, lessons from Covid-19 pandemic offer hope

“Every emergency reveals that ‘impossible’ things are actually doable,” President Rafael Reif writes in Boston Globe op-ed. If humanity can take the right lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic, we will be better equipped to galvanize action on climate change, MIT...
Osteoporosis drug shows promise against coronavirus

Osteoporosis drug shows promise against coronavirus

EU-backed researchers are requesting clinical trials to study the osteoporosis drug Raloxifene after virtual and laboratory tests suggest it could be active against the COVID-19 virus. The research consortium, known as Exscalate4CoV, used supercomputers to virtually...
Coronavirus: five reasons to feel optimistic

Coronavirus: five reasons to feel optimistic

Much of the media coverage of COVID-19 is focused on bad things happening. It is very easy to accuse people of bungling when you have 20-20 hindsight and it makes good headlines, but is it right? What can look like a fiasco from the outside is often very plausible if...

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