How come health officials and the media are not honestly exploring why? The first confirmed COVID-19 case in Africa was on February 14, 2020 in Egypt. The first in sub-Saharan
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The simple act of talking spreads viral particles, which could infect a person standing nearby. This happens in some cases even if you’re wearing a mask, according to a study
A year of Covid-19 offers lessons for managing the human-animal-environment relationship
If anyone had surveyed the general public about “zoonoses” a year ago, the response may have been speculative guesses about animal attractions – or just confusion. But since the World
A successful coronavirus vaccine might be available as soon as early next year, but vaccine acceptance rates might pose a challenge. A global survey published on 20 October in Nature
Dozens of young, healthy volunteers might soon be deliberately infected with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 as part of the world’s first ‘human challenge trial’ in the UK to help accelerate
In the first half of 2020, the coronavirus pandemic led to an unprecedented decline in CO2 emissions, larger than during the 2008 financial crisis, the1979 oil crisis, or World War
The lengthening queues for food aid around the world, from Kenya’s slums to food banks in the UK, demonstrate the double threat many of the world’s poor face in the
Scientists have discovered unique patterns in coronavirus transmission in one of the largest epidemiological analyses of COVID-19 to date in India. The country now has more than 60 million coronavirus
The development of COVID-19 vaccines is moving at an unprecedented rate. Whether it takes weeks or even years for a vaccine to be approved, initial supplies will be limited. This
2020 was a promising year that many of us were impatiently expecting. Space launches, 5G and robotic innovations were some of the most-anticipated projects for this year. Until the coronavirus