People who recover from coronavirus have a similar level of protection against future infection as those who receive a Covid vaccine – at least for…
View More Recovering from Covid gives similar level of protection to vaccineTag: Health
Salim Abdool Karim: ‘None of us are safe from Covid if one of us is not. We have mutual interdependence’
The epidemiologist Salim Abdool Karim could be considered South Africa’s Anthony Fauci. As co-chair of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19, he is…
View More Salim Abdool Karim: ‘None of us are safe from Covid if one of us is not. We have mutual interdependence’The Oxford Covid jab is delivered this week. But when will vaccines bring results?
People in Britain are set to get their first shots of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday, with millions of doses being given over the next…
View More The Oxford Covid jab is delivered this week. But when will vaccines bring results?Review of the year: uncovering the science of Covid-19 (part two) – podcast
This year, the Sars-CoV-2 virus has come to dominate both the headlines and our lives. In the second of two episodes reviewing the science of…
View More Review of the year: uncovering the science of Covid-19 (part two) – podcastOxford/AstraZeneca vaccine rollout plan changed following approval
Millions of people across the UK at risk from Covid will be offered a single first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, with a booster jab…
View More Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine rollout plan changed following approvalCovid vaccine uptake high despite concerns over hesitancy
Uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine has been high among those offered it, doctors say, despite fears that vaccine hesitancy could undermine efforts to control the…
View More Covid vaccine uptake high despite concerns over hesitancyI’m a consultant in infectious diseases. ‘Long Covid’ is anything but a mild illness | Joanna Herman
With the excitement of the Covid vaccine’s arrival, it may be easy to forget and ignore those of us with “long Covid”, who are struggling…
View More I’m a consultant in infectious diseases. ‘Long Covid’ is anything but a mild illness | Joanna HermanOlive-stuffing and in-theatre piano: the brain surgeon breaking new ground
Playing the violin, watching cartoons and doing crosswords: these are just some of the activities patients have performed while having brain surgery under Roberto Trignani.…
View More Olive-stuffing and in-theatre piano: the brain surgeon breaking new groundCovid-19 vaccines: anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theories – podcast
As Covid-19 spread around the world, conspiracy theories about its origin, severity and prevention followed closely behind. Now attention has turned to vaccines. False claims…
View More Covid-19 vaccines: anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theories – podcastCovid vaccine ‘highly likely’ to work on UK variant, BioNTech says
The chief executive of the German pharmaceutical company BioNTech has said he is confident its coronavirus vaccine works against the new UK variant, but that…
View More Covid vaccine ‘highly likely’ to work on UK variant, BioNTech says