The AstraZeneca vaccine saved millions of lives – it should not be demonised
As the AZ Covid jab is withdrawn, fear-mongering about its very rare side effects will only fuel vaccine scepticism.
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Will bird flu be the next pandemic?
While attention was focused on Covid, a new variant of avian influenza emerged: one that can infect many different species…
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The UK must learn from international experiences of the pandemic
So far, the Covid inquiry has considered little evidence from abroad.
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Boris Johnson prioritised Brexit politics over public health
At the Covid-19 Inquiry, it was clear that British exceptionalism defined the former prime minister’s pandemic response.
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How a brilliant civil servant led John Lewis astray
Sharon White never really understood retail democracy.
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Matt Hancock still thinks he’s the hero of the pandemic
After a faux-apology, the former health secretary sought to absolve himself of blame for his department’s failures.
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The legacy of penicillin’s first patient
Albert Alexander’s story should inspire us to renew humanity’s struggle against antimicrobial resistant infections.
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Austerity on trial
At the Covid-19 inquiry, David Cameron and George Osborne were unrepentant over their spending cuts.
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Employers must stop penalising women for having children
Why extending redundancy protections for expectant mothers and new parents is long overdue.
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Can Simon Case survive the Lockdown Files?
The leaked WhatsApp messages are raising fresh questions over the cabinet secretary’s conduct.
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The Lockdown Files only confirm every suspicion we had about the pandemic government
Everyone involved is exactly who you thought they were; everyone cares about the things you thought they did.
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Professor Andrew Pollard: Our future depends on the life sciences
The co-inventor of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid jab on careers in clinical research, future pandemics and vaccine hesitancy.
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Revealed: UK police and Home Office ran immigration raids on care homes during Covid-19
New data has revealed that raids carried out by immigration officials are not only cruel, but often ineffective.
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The pandemic was a communal trauma, and we need culture to help us process it
I loathed the idea of lockdown novels or TV. In its own tragicomic way I’m a Celebrity has changed my…
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Why are Covid-19 cases rising again?
Colder temperatures, increased socialising, waning immunity and Omicron subvariants are all causing a coronavirus increase in the UK.
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“I miss memories”: how Covid-19 shook Britain’s children
A new report, exclusively shared with the New Statesman, reveals the pandemic experiences of young people – in their own…
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What happens when there is an infectious disease outbreak in the UK?
First Covid, now Monkeypox. How do experts track and control epidemics and pandemics?
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Boris Johnson still does not understand his great betrayal of ordinary people
The brave and dignified patients I encountered during the pandemic are the polar opposite of the Prime Minister.
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Forget irony, I have discovered earnestness – and it is wonderful
My tendency towards glibness did not protect me from the madness of Covid. What helped, instead, was art.
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Hong Kong’s deadly Covid surge
Morgues are filling up and the city is reportedly running out of coffins as Hong Kong’s hospitals are overwhelmed.
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