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Here’s what we know so far about the long-term symptoms of COVID-19

Peter Wark, Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle – 27 July 2020 We’re now all too familiar with the common symptoms of COVID-19: a fever, dry cough and fatigue. Some people also experience aches and pains, a sore throat, and loss of taste or smell. Sufferers with mild illness might […]

Oxford immunologist on coronavirus vaccine: our early results look promising

Rebecca Ashfield, Senior Project Manager, Jenner Institute, University of Oxford A vaccine against COVID-19 is urgently needed if we’re to stop the virus spreading and prevent potentially millions of further deaths. We’re now one step closer to that goal. We have published early results from our clinical trial of the vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (also known […]

South Africa’s leaders have had a crack at COVID-19: it’s time to give the people a go

Alexander Broadbent, Director of the Institute for the Future of Knowledge and Professor of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg – 18 July 2020 South Africa is now ranked 5th in the world for COVID-19 active cases, 9th for cumulative cases, and 23rd for cumulative deaths. The nation’s leadership was initially widely praised for reacting decisively and […]

Here’s how scientists know the coronavirus came from bats and wasn’t made in a lab

It is unlikely that any techniques used to genetically engineer the virus would not leave a genetic signature, like specific identifiable pieces of DNA code. Polly Hayes, Lecturer in Parasitology and Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster – 13 July 2020 One of the conspiracy theories that have plagued attempts to keep people informed during the […]

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