MAKING SENSE OF COVID-19

With the news this week that the first vaccine against COVID-19 may be available within weeks I have been asked many questions about it,...

Herd immunity is a phrase being used more and more in relation to COVID-19. In its simplest terms it refers to a whole population having...

Oxford Vaccine There was widespread concern last week when AstraZeneca and Oxford University announced on 8 September 2020 that they were...

For those who remember the Cold War and the Space Race between the then Soviet Union and the USA, there are striking parallels to be...

In the piece “Are We Any Nearer to a COVID-19 Cure?” (click here to read) the UK Recovery Trial was cited as the largest drug trial in...

UPDATE 5 June 2020 On 5 June 2020 the UK Recovery Trial withdrew hydroxychloroquine from its trial. In the wake of the ongoing...

In April I wrote a piece entitled “The Search for a Vaccine” which detailed the science behind vaccine development. At that time there...

UPDATE 21 April 2020 From today's Downing Street Press Briefing: Oxford University researchers will begin human trials of a potential...

UPDATE 23 April 2020 Studies released this week in the USA and France have shown that hydroxyochloroquine is not an effective treatment...

Internet scammers are exploiting the pandemic by selling drugs they claim will treat COVID-19. Globally nearly 35,000 false medicines are...