November 2, 2020

COVID-19 transmissionCOVID-19 transmission—up in the air (The Lancet)

As we approach the end of 2020, and a year since the outbreak of COVID-19 began, cases are increasing again. We have learnt a lot about […]
November 2, 2020

Innovation in wastewater near-source tracking for rapid identification of COVID-19 in schools (The Lancet)

COVID-19 is one of the biggest global public health challenges of the century with almost 42 million cases and more than a million deaths to date. […]
October 29, 2020

COVID-19: leaving no one behind in Latin America (The Lancet)

The pledge to leave no one behind has been essential in making the plight of refugees more visible and in highlighting the need to include migrants and […]
October 29, 2020

The Riyadh Declaration: the role of digital health in fighting pandemics (The Lancet)

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in health and care systems and global public health responses, some of which can be addressed through data and digital […]
October 29, 2020

Lockdown impact on COVID-19 epidemics in regions across metropolitan France

Lockdowns have been used by most European countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In France, a national lockdown was implemented on March 17, 2020. Some […]
October 29, 2020

Taking pandemic sequelae seriously: from the Russian influenza to COVID-19 long-haulers

In January, 1892, the English social reformer and women’s rights campaigner Josephine Butler wrote to her son, Stanley, to complain of fatigue and a general declension […]
October 29, 2020

Unnecessary obstacles to COVID-19 mass testing

Whether an effective COVID-19 vaccine will be universally available in the UK within a year is unclear. The UK Government has now accepted that in the […]
October 29, 2020

Science misuse and polarised political narratives in the COVID-19 response

Strategies to address the COVID-19 pandemic have elicited polarised debates that frequently focus on an economy versus health trade-off, and are often divided by politics. Evidence […]
October 29, 2020

Elderly who live with working-age people at higher Covid-19 risk: Study

Published in: The Business Standard Date: 29 October, 2020   “Living in a care home was found to be associated with increased mortality, potentially through exposure […]