Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and double winner Barry Sharpless devised way to click molecules together By Ian Sample Three scientists who fuelled a revolution in chemistry by devising a way to “click” molecules together like Lego bricks, even inside living...
Svante Pääbo receives 2022 award in physiology or medicine for genome discoveries including Neanderthals By Linda Geddes A Swedish geneticist has been awarded the 2022 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Svante Pääbo won the 10m Swedish kronor (£802,000) prize...
Social network turning to its ‘supreme court’ about decision, says head of global affairs, Nick Clegg By Alex Hern Facebook is turning to its “supreme court” to decide whether to end restrictions on Covid misinformation, more than two years after the company...
The newest challenge hits the nation at a time the leadership has largely moved on from the coronavirus discourse By Melody Schreiber How worried should I be about BA.5? Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising in the US as BA.5 – the newest subvariant of...
Researchers still don’t know precisely how many get long Covid, what causes it or how best to treat it By Eric Berger Many long haulers report fatigue, brain fog, and a range of other symptoms for months after their infection. Photograph: VioletaStoimenova/Getty...
Exclusive: Condition most prevalent among those who had Covid, raising possibility of link with Parkinson’s disease By Linda Geddes Scientists have reported a two- to fourfold increase in the prevalence of dream-enactment disorder – whereby people physically act out...
David Heymann says experts developing guidance for countries, as New York City resident tests positive for Orthopoxvirus By Edward Helmore A senior adviser for the World Health Organization has said the monkeypox outbreak seems to be spreading through sexual...
Nasal or oral coronavirus vaccines, more and better drugs, and a variant-proof vaccine could catalyze a clear way out By Eric Topol As the virus accelerates its evolution, the humans capitulate. For two and a half years, Covid-19 has been outrunning our response,...
As the US records 1 million Covid deaths, experts note underinvestment in long-term care, primary care and public health all contributed to the toll By Eric Berger David Rosner continually talks to colleagues who are distraught about the American response to the...
Adding oxygen to blood using ECMO process found to cause big increase in survival rate in severe UK cases By Denis Campbell Scores of severely ill Covid-19 sufferers survived because they were given the NHS’s highest form of intensive care in which an artificial lung...
Rise in infections appears to be driven by Omicron sub-variants, say health officials South Africa may be entering a fifth Covid wave earlier than expected after a sustained rise in infections over the past 14 days that seems to be driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron...
ONS study reveals only one in three people had been infected until emergence of Omnicron variant By Hannah Devlin More than seven in 10 people in England have been infected with Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to the Office for National...
Warning that ‘This is not the time to be pulling back on mitigation measures’ as CDC appeals judge’s overturning of face-covering rule By Lauren Aratani When the US federal government’s mandate requiring masks on transportation was lifted this week, reports...
Australian researchers raise concerns mutated virus could spread in the community if patients given the drug are not monitored By Melissa Davey Australian virologists have uncovered a drug-resistant mutation in the Covid-19 virus associated with the drug sotrovimab...
Four studies are first to support theory PFAS could hinder body’s ability to fight virus, but authors say more is research needed By Tom Perkins Higher levels of exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” may increase the likelihood of Covid-19 infection,...