Covid vaccine tracker: when will we have a coronavirus vaccine?
Pre-clinical vaccines not yet in human trials 139 Phase 1 vaccines in small-scale safety trials 25 Phase 2 vaccines in expanded safety trials 17 Phase...
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The mother load: Lisa Taddeo on parenting in a pandemic
Never in my life had I been so high. I’d just given a reading in Amsterdam after which the gracious hosts of the evening took...
‘The virus piggybacked on racism’: why did Covid-19 hit BAME families so hard?
Sir Oyaseh Ivowi sits in front of a poster of two of his three boys. Olume, the older brother, hovers over Isi; both wear traditional...
The Tories’ planning overhaul is a ferocious attack on democracy | Laurie Macfarlane
Just over a month ago Boris Johnson promised to deliver the most radical reforms to England’s planning system “since the second world war”. This week...
UK weather: being outdoors could become dangerous during heatwaves
As parts of the UK get set for potentially record-breaking temperatures, a leading health expert has warned it would become highly dangerous to be outdoors...
How to hug in lockdown: plan ahead and wash your hands
To hug or not to hug? And what about washing your hands beforehand, turning your face away from your loved one, and holding your breath...
Covid-19: lack of diversity threatens to undermine vaccine trials, experts warn
The remarkably fast progress of two leading contenders for an effective coronavirus vaccine has raised hopes the pandemic may be speedily tamed. But some experts...
Watchdog exposes ‘unacceptable’ treatment of children in English court cells
Children with Down’s syndrome and autism were among those left for hours in court cells while they waited for legal representation or transport, a custody...
My pandemic epiphany: how I fell in love with online therapy
Therapy is the pinnacle of awkward. You spend an hour talking about the deepest parts of yourself, to a person you barely know, and then...
Affordable housing ‘will diminish due to UK planning changes’
Big changes to the planning system that provides nearly half of England’s affordable housing were criticised on Thursday as “potentially disastrous”, as moves to radically...