Coronavirus

The rheumatoid arthritis drugs tocilizumab appears to treat people who are critically ill with Covid-19, early trial data shows. The researchers in the UK and the Netherlands said it was "an absolutely amazing result". The drug is no…

Life-threatening neurological complications are increasingly being reported in COVID-19 patients with hypertension and diabetes, according to a new study. The impact of the coronavirus on the respiratory system has been…

A public relations firm whose managing partner previously advised ministers on Covid is providing consultancy for a testing company signed up by government. Lord Feldman's PR firm began advising Oxford Nanopore after it struck a £28m…

The UK government is in "advanced discussions" with Moderna to ensure access to its vaccine by spring next year - with results showing the jab is 94.5% effective. The vaccine, which Moderna produced in collaboration with the US…

England's regional Covid tier system may need to be "strengthened" to get the country "through the winter", a senior government adviser has said. Public Health England's Dr Susan Hopkins said they needed to look at what "tiers there may…

Anti-vaccination content should be "stamped-out" on social media, Labour has said. With hopes rising of a COVID-19 jab being rolled out by the end of the year, the opposition has called for emergency legislation to "stamp out…

State-backed hackers from North Korea and Russia have been targeting organisations working on a coronavirus vaccine, Microsoft has said. It said a Russian group nicknamed "Fancy Bear" and North Korean groups dubbed "Zinc" and "Cerium"…

The US states of Oregon and New Mexico have announced strict measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 as the country faces growing outbreaks of the disease. Officials have ordered most non-essential businesses to close and urged people…

A new inhaled protein treatment has been found to accelerate recovery and lower the odds of developing severe COVID-19 in patients, researchers have said. Small-scale trial results for the drug, known as SNG001, suggest that users…

The latest updates on a potential Covid-19 vaccine have instilled hope in many across the world, with an end to the devastating pandemic possibly in sight. While there are reports of several different treatments being developed across the…