Three charts that show the risk of coronavirus to the old
It's hard to escape the conclusion that being old is, in itself, the most important "underlying condition" of the lot
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Our death certificates don't record ethnicity. During Covid, this gap became deadly
“If we had known from the outset that BAME people were more at risk from Covid-19, perhaps the public health messaging might have been different.”
Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance must speak out against Dominic Cummings
Not to do so would be an insult to the public and the ideal of evidence-based policymaking
What exactly is the R number and how useful is it?
The reproduction measure hides a wealth of complications but is indispensable to decision-making
SAGE Covid expert: This epidemic "to some degree could have been avoided"
Jeremy Farrar explains why humanity may simply have to learn to live with Covid-19, why he wishes there were *more* government advisers in scientific meetings—and why he thinks it is still too early to reopen schools
How the web is weaving connections that help spread lies about Covid-19
The disturbing story of how the web is weaving weird connections between hippies, Nazis, Russian agents and the rest of us to spread lies about Covid-19
Why Covid-19 statistics never tell the whole story
If we've all become armchair epidemiologists, now more than ever we should be challenging our preconceptions
Pandemic, panic and patient data: tech firms and the NHS in a time of crisis
In the Covid-19 context, private companies are getting unprecedented access to information held by the health service
How our social media procrastination became just another type of work
We might feel we're taking a break when we scroll on Twitter. But between reading updates, engaging with friends and shaping our online persona, being on social media has become a new type of work
"Can I help you?": inside the curious philosophy of Amazon's video doorbell
The popularity of Amazon's Ring doorbell doesn't just expose our collective sense of vulnerability. It shows that "surveillance capitalism" has already been normalised
Inside the surprising history of vasectomy in Britain
Most people seem to know what a vasectomy is. But few know its full, complicated history
Coronavirus has shown the need to improve health across populations. Here’s the first thing we should do
This year’s winning Bennett Policy Prize proposal takes an insight from 1985 to address a very modern crisis
“The world isn’t a logical proposition”: Why Silicon Valley’s fiercest critic wants to abolish it
Silicon Valley was built on the ethos of disruption. A memoir from a former insider shows that there's one principle that they won't challenge
Everything you need to know about how the NHS treats coronavirus
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has been admitted to intensive care with Covid-19. But what type of treatment are patients offered?
Still poor: the three charts that explain child poverty in Britain
Even before the new coronavirus crisis bites on living standards, penury still condemns youngsters to miss out on all sorts of things—from bicycles to holidays
Protecting the high seas would mark a huge step in ocean conservation
United Nations treaty is near final. Here’s why it must get done, and what it should include
Shot of hope: inside the race for a coronavirus vaccine
Social distancing, self-isolation, city-wide lockdowns—they can only do so much. In order to stop Covid-19 in its tracks, we need a vaccine. So, how long will we have to wait?
"I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this": what it's like to be working on a Covid-19 vaccine
At the family dinner table, viruses were "shop talk." Now my dad is working on a coronavirus vaccine—and talks social distancing, what keeps him going, and unprecedented global collaboration
Coronavirus: Everything you need to know about who is most at risk—and what you can do about it
Certain groups, including older people and those with certain underlying health conditions, are more at risk than others. But there are things both the government and individuals can do to help
How behavioural science could help us stop coronavirus
Covid-19 transmission is dictated by human behaviour. So how do we change how people behave?