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A na Sofía is radiologist at a state-run hospital in the Mexican city of Monterrey, not far from the Texas border. Her work often brings her into

The co-founder of the eco activist group Ocean Rebellion has filed a complaint to police alleging that officers have tried to intimidate him before next month’s G7 sum

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro never wanted to buy Covid-19 vaccines and originally bet on herd immunity beating the coronavirus, the senator leading the upper hou

G laxoSmithKline’s progress on Covid vaccines has been slow, frustrating and surprising. More was expected sooner, because the company remains f

Top story: School heads damn contact-tracing burden Hello, Warren Murray delivering what you’ve become accustomed to receiving. British research has found tha

Few sports have the ability to deliver such vastly different world champions year-to-year than snooker. For every great entertainer – a Ronnie O’Sullivan, a Judd Trump

U ntil the later part of the 19th century, what we regard today as the fundamentals of public health were mostly unknown. Clean water and public s

Forty-four year olds will be able to get a vaccine in England from Monday, with those over 40 likely to follow shortly. About half a million more people will be eligib

The EU is at an advanced stage of talks with the US over mutually recognising vaccine passports to boost transatlantic tourism this summer, but Brussels is yet to open

The US will share up to 60m doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine with other countries, the White House has announced, amid intensifying pressure for it to lead t

Mick Jagger has released a new – and amusing – solo single, Eazy Sleazy, that rails against the boredom of lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic. Dave Grohl

T he biggest surge-testing operation yet is under way in south London, with all people over the age of 10 who live, work or travel through Wandswo

T here can be few people who have not at some stage in their lives felt that they had been “taken for a ride” or conned. Yet that, I think, will b

T he year was 1998 when Joel Blankson encountered a patient he would never forget. Blankson was working in the HIV clinic at John Hopkins School o

Y ou may not have noticed, because he is not nearly as in-your-face as his predecessor, but Joe Biden is currently teaching a lesson to left and c

Y ou may not have noticed, because he is not nearly as in-your-face as his predecessor, but Joe Biden is currently teaching a lesson to left and c

M y friend C was getting her vaccine round the corner from my house and wanted me to go with her. I thought this was for my sparkling company but

I t was billed as the vaccine to deliver the world from Covid. But over the last six months, AstraZeneca – whose jab was designed to save thousa

T hailand’s Phuket island used to vibrate with life. Before the pandemic, March was part of peak season and the resort’s long white beaches were p

A fter the news in November of the successful trials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, a curious photo spread online. It showed a Turkish immi

R ishi Sunak will have a glorious day on Wednesday. Nothing will ever be as perfect as this budget – bounty will flow and yet he will proclaim him

More than 200 new emojis will arrive on iPhones with the release of the next operating system update, including a vaccine-ready syringe, a flaming heart and a vast arr

A t the start of the pandemic, it was very hard to predict anything. There were predictions of endless Covid-19 pain, wave upon wave of sickness a

Thousands of vulnerable people in the UK are at risk of being overlooked for vaccination amid confusion over who is to be included in the crucial next wave of the prog