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Acts of courage in the age of Covid-19.
When influenza hit in 1918, US public health experts weren't clear and political leaders didn't know better. Ours should.
Anger is growing behind the Red Wall about the imposition of tier-three coronavirus restrictions.
Hospitalisations and death figures suggest the second wave has peaked in several countries.
The AstraZeneca vaccine is great news. But we must ask how the government plans to secure delicate medical treatments for the entire country.
New Statesman analysis indicates tough restrictions are likely to continue beyond 2 December in at least some parts of England.
The director of the Vaccine Confidence Project on why the number of anti-vaxxers has risen and how to respond.
The UK is set to obtain sufficient quantities to begin immunising the 20 million most vulnerable people before the end of the year, but there are logistical problems ahead.
Many are optimistic after news of two vaccines claiming 90 per cent efficacy. But the global search for the most potent immunisation continues – and the road ahead is unclear.
The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened existing divides, and time is now running out to save the Union.
The pandemic has brutally exposed the dysfunctional British state. Nationalism is not the solution – but big change is required. Now is the time to decide how to act.
