All covid-19 articles – Page 5
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News
UK government faces lawsuit over procurement of Covid immunity test
The health department reportedly knew that the antibody test did not perform as well as claimed when it bought them
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Business
Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine joins others with promising interim data
Cheap and fridge-stable candidate at least 60% and up to 90% effective at preventing disease
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Researchers condemn UK funder’s decision to curb PhD extensions
UK Research and Innovation has ‘failed’ postgraduate students struggling during the pandemic, claims open letter signed by more than 1000 researchers
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Business
Moderna and Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines add more encouraging data
Pfizer–BioNTech reach safety threshold for emergency authorisation, while Moderna’s data peek suggests 95% efficacy
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News
Scientists urge caution on use of lateral flow tests to screen for Covid-19
Preliminary review reveals devices perform poorly at identifying people infected with Sars-CoV-2
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Justin Houseknecht
An organic chemist in the US has used the pandemic to try to spark change in how chemistry is taught at universities
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Careers
Studying chemistry in the age of Covid-19
University students across the UK are enjoying a mixture of online and practical learning as departments adjust to new restrictions
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Review
Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens
A book illustrating a global health threat more daunting than Covid-19: growing antibiotic resistance
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Opinion
The ins and outs of vaccine trials
Derek Lowe lays out how the trials work, and why they get paused and restarted
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Opinion
A promising peep at Covid-19 vaccine efficacy
Pfizer–BioNTech’s will need to be one of many if we are to overcome the pandemic
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Business
Early indications suggest Pfizer–BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine is effective
Company claims 90% efficacy at preventing disease, but experts call for data rather than press releases
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Business
Innovation is a fragile transition state
Brexit and Covid-19 will likely stifle interactions, but could also stimulate new ones
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Opinion
Follow the theory to halt Covid-19
Politicians need to show more trust in the scientific method
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News
Pandemic risks lost generation of junior scientists as charitable funding dries-up
Survey finds coronavirus, Brexit and lack of opportunities is forcing early career researchers backed by medical charities to consider alternative professions
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Opinion
Chemists amid coronavirus: Thomas Hartung
A biochemist at Johns Hopkins recounts how his lab pivoted to tackle Covid-19 with mini-brains, and how his love of gadgets has helped
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Opinion
Letters: November 2020
Readers share how they’ve adapted to Covid-19, and muse on AI and the liberating impacts of chemistry
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News
UK government faces legal action over ‘irrational’ handling of university reopenings
University union argues that expert advice was ignored, putting students and staff at risk
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Opinion
Ethical challenge
Should researchers infect healthy people with Sars-CoV-2 to speed up vaccine testing?
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First Covid-19 challenge study working with live virus planned for the UK
Pending ethics panel approval, healthy volunteers would be infected with Sars-CoV-2 to help understand disease and test vaccines
