The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Conte, ex-health minister and 17 others placed under investigation on suspicion of ‘aggravated culpable epidemic’ and manslaughter

Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, died in hospital three days after testing positive for Covid

Chi Onwurah and Grahame Morris were among those to criticise the Government's stewardship of the NHS in a House of Commons debate this week.

Authorities are working to speed up the rollout of childhood immunisation programmes that have been delayed by Covid-19 for three years.

Public transit in the U.S. is in a sorry state – aging, underfunded and losing riders, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Many proposed solutions focus on new technologies, like self-driving cars and flying taxis. But as a researcher in urban policy and planning, I see more near-term promise in a…

Does wearing a mask stop the spread of COVID-19? Is climate change driven primarily by human-made emissions? With these kinds of issues dividing the public, it sometimes feels as if Americans are losing our ability to agree about basic facts of the world. There have been widespread disagreements about matters…

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

Before we move on from Covid-19, we must learn the lessons of it. Tens of thousands of leaked WhatsApp messages only underline the importance of getting to the facts of the matter as quickly and thoroughly as possible. That is what the independent public inquiry must do.

Breathing tube found to be in wrong position hours before Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, died