Officials are keeping a close watch on a new descendant of the Delta variant of Covid that is causing a growing number of infections.
The Valneva Covid vaccine that the UK cancelled a 100m dose order for last month, works well at priming the immune system to fight coronavirus, phase three trial results suggest.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a new taskforce may be the last chance to find the origins of Covid-19.
The Covid-19 pandemic has made celebrities out of scientists, who have graced the daily news headlines and gained large social-media followings.
The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country's worst public health failures, a report by MPs says.
About 30 years ago, just months after starting work as a prostitute, Maxine Doogan became pregnant.
Doctors are being warned about a dangerous pre-workout trend called dry scooping that some gym-goers are doing.
Children across much of Africa are to be vaccinated against malaria in a historic moment in the fight against the deadly disease.
Scientists believe they can explain why some people who catch Covid develop chilblain-like lesions on their toes and even fingers.
An electrical implant that sits in the skull and is wired to the brain can detect and treat severe depression, US scientists believe after promising results with a first patient.
