Pandemics and epidemics
AstraZeneca withdrawing Covid vaccine, months after admitting rare side effect
Business
Lawyers for claimants in the High Court case argue that the drug caused vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (VITT) – a subset ...
Professor Alasdair Geddes, infectious disease expert who diagnosed the last case of smallpox – obituary
Health
Professor Alasdair Geddes, who has died aged 89, was an expert in infectious diseases who diagnosed smallpox in the last recorded person ...
Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows
Health
“The flu can be spread by faecal-oral routes, and so it’s not an impossible scenario that chickens who are infected with H5N1 ...
Senior US journalist attacks leading scientists for ‘misleading’ him over Covid lab-leak theory
Health
A former New York Times journalist has attacked a group of leading scientists for “clearly” misleading him over the Covid lab-leak theory ...
Covid inquiry appears ‘fundamentally biased’, say scientists
Health
The Covid Inquiry appears to be “fundamentally biased” and is failing to examine the costs of lockdown, leading scientists have warned. In ...
Health Secretary urged to release data that ‘may link Covid vaccine to excess deaths’
Health
The group of 21 MPs and peers from four parties have written to the Health Secretary and the Department of Health and ...
Covid pandemic may have been started by scientists, says UN professor
Health
Covid could have been created by a “research-related incident”, the UN has heard at the launch of a report calling for better ...
Abandoned French boy, nine, stole tomatoes to survive in unheated flat but attended school every day
World
A nine-year-old French boy abandoned for two years in a flat without heating or electricity was forced to steal tomatoes to survive ...
‘Deranged loner in lab’ could unleash new pandemic on the world, top scientist Lord Rees warns
Science
Nightmare scenario Lord Rees said the unpredictable nature of pandemics, including a lack of control over who becomes infected, means “governments and ...
Confused about Covid rules? Here’s how to behave in 2024 and what to do if you test positive
Health
The last update from the UK Health Security Agency offering guidance for people with symptoms of Covid-19, or a positive test result ...
