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Covid-19
Articles, podcasts, interviews and answers to questions about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, and the wider coronavirus family...
02 February 2021
COVID has affects beyond the lungs...
02 February 2021
Is spacing COVID vaccines safe?
30 January 2021
Accusations of "despicable behaviour" see the EU backtrack on vaccine regulations. What's the current...
26 January 2021
What's in the coronavirus vaccine. Also, how maggots get into wounds, and ivermectin and Covid...
26 January 2021
Chris Smith spoke to Sharon Peacock from COG-UK about how scientists are finding mutant coronaviruses...
22 January 2021
Why a tired moment produces a jet of saliva, and antibodies and Covid severity...
18 January 2021
The WHO arrive in China to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic
18 January 2021
Studying COVID transmission by testing asymptomatic students at Cambridge University
18 January 2021
New research aims to predict who will get severe COVID from how their immune system responds from the start
18 January 2021
If you stand on your head, can you still swallow? Plus, Covid variants and coronavirus vaccines...
15 January 2021
Viral immunologist Zania Stamataki breaks down questions about the vaccine rollout...
15 January 2021
Some people get off Scot free, while others have a very rough time. Why?
12 January 2021
牛津的疫苗已经被批准,超过15有限公司untries worldwide are now giving out COVID vaccines...
12 January 2021
Public health expert Nisreen Alwan unpacks coronavirus strategies. When might the pandemic end?
12 January 2021
This week's panel are neuropsychologist Barbara Sahakian, and food and obesity geneticist Giles Yeo...
12 January 2021
A look ahead to the fabulous science coming in 2021. Space telescopes, storms... and an end to the pandemic?
11 January 2021
Why is it so buoyant? Also, how energy drinks give you a buzz, and how planetary orbits work...
31 December 2020
How are we prioritising whom to immunise against Covid-19 first? And is that the right way?
28 December 2020
Just when I thought I was getting on top of the rules, with a Covid-compatible Christmas gift-wrapped and ready to go,...
23 December 2020
Do Covid-19 vaccines prevent disease but not infection or infectivity, and will be new variant overcome the protection...
22 December 2020
How worried should we be about this new variant of COVID-19?
22 December 2020
It's been a hard year for us all, but video games have the potential to make it easier.
22 December 2020
From the music to the visuals, how can video games change how you think...
18 December 2020
Flashing cars, point of care tests for Covid-19, asymptomatic infection, facemasks and the size of Jupiter...