Drugmaker AstraZeneca says it "will be ready to deliver from October if all goes well" with its COVID-19 vaccine.
However researchers say COVID-19 antibodies remain stable in the blood of most infected people almost two months after diagnosis.
Results from DIY ancestry kits could save researchers time and money spent on collecting DNA samples.
A group from Nottingham University says the government should keep its options open in case other vaccines fail to work.
The treatment has been hailed as potentially vital for the elderly and vulnerable, whose bodies may not respond well to a vaccine.
Documents showing deals with Microsoft, Google, Faculty and Palantir were released on the eve of a lawsuit.
The warning comes as the government prepares to ease coronavirus lockdown measures in England, saying it is safe to relax them.
Dr Anthony Fauci has said scientific advice shows hydroxychloroquine has a lack of desired effect on coronavirus.
Boris Johnson and his top aide Dominic Cummings have both suggested that coronavirus may have impacted their eyesight.
The antiviral drug remdesivir was originally developed to treat Ebola.
The drones will be flown 12 miles across the sea from Oban to Mull which was closed before the Scottish lockdown.
Professior Adrian Hill describes the efforts to create a vaccine as a "race against the virus disappearing, and against time".
The first phase involved 160 volunteers - aged between 18 and 55 - but now researchers want to expand that to include children.
Clinical trials will now take place on a drug that could prevent the decline of those most likely to be worst-hit by COVID-19.
K9 patrols the ground floor of a mall with hand sanitiser strapped to his back, ready to dispense it to any passing shopper.
A browser-based game, which allows users to change social distancing measures, offers an educational tool about the virus.
Some COVID-19 patients with extraordinarily low blood-oxygen levels have been able to chat to doctors and scroll on their phones.