TOP HEADLINES•The total number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths passed 400,000 worldwide.•The British laboratory at Imperial College London, UK, is creating a company in partnership with Morningside Vent
Amid the coronavirus pandemic a clear trend has emerged: nations led by women have been more successful at containing – and in the case of New Zealand even apparently eradicating – outbreaks of the v
On 4 June, the UK government will host a virtual global vaccine summit to raise at least $7.4 billion for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance to help fund it from 2021 to 2025.The summit will ask world leader
The pandemic has made wearing face masks in public an essential part of our lives, as governments encourage or make their use mandatory to prevent the spread of the virus. And face masks are likely t
TOP HEADLINES•Spain will reopen to international tourists from July, announced the prime minister Pedro Sánchez. He also said the country's top two football divisions will be allowed to resume behind
TOP HEADLINES•Globally, more than 5 million cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, with more than 300,000 deaths.• Researchers in the UK have begun trials on a T-cell immunotherapy treatment that sho
Life for millions of people has changed radically across the world in the past few months – thousands of people are dying every day, killed by an invisible disease, the global economy is heading towa
On 8 May 1945, World War II officially ended in Europe, where it had begun precisely 1,953 days earlier. Hitler, surrounded by Allied troops, had killed himself in his underground bunker in Berlin on
MAIN HEADLINES:·Germany reopens churches for Sunday service for the first time since the beginning of lockdown. Attendance numbers are restricted, churchgoers must respect a 2-meters distance between
"We don't know who needs to hear this, but now is NOT the time to go out with your date to a bar," online dating giant OkCupid wrote to its users on social media. "FaceTime, Skype, call, text, messag
Aurora Cantone, an 18-year-old self-taught illustrator and comic artist based in Naples, Italy, says she was almost born with a pencil in her hand. Drawing is the way she expresses her feelings and a
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will suspend funding to the World Health Organization (WHO), after his very vocal criticism of the organization's handling of the pandemic.The
"Although we mourn every day those who are taken from us in such numbers, and though the struggle is by no means over, we are now making progress in this incredible national battle against coronaviru
02:28 "Initially it was thought that COVID-19 was essentially a disease for the elderly. And that was the expectation in the UK," says Wasim Hanif, a consultant physician and a profess
02:03 Medical staff around the world are on the frontline of the fight against COVID-19, putting their own lives at risk to save patients every day.Faced with unprecedented challenges,
01:09 The head of the World Health Organization has defended its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, following U.S. President Donald Trump's criticism.Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gh
TOP HEADLINES- Italy's infection rate has slowed down for the fourth consecutive day. The daily death toll also decreased from 743 to 683 victims. But the number of deaths among doctors, nurses, and