The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Rolls-Royce’s recovery is stunning: from basket case to No 8 in the Footsie

In just over two years under Tufan Erginbilgiç, the aero engine maker’s share price has gone into the stratosphere

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2025

House Republicans Urge Trump To Block Organ Transplant Denials

House Republicans push for action to prevent hospitals from denying organ transplants based on COVID-19 vaccination status.

Top News · Feb 27, 2025

Surprising study uncovers serious lung damage in children and teens with Long Covid

A new study has uncovered significant lung abnormalities in children and teens suffering from long Covid using an advanced MRI technique known as PREFUL MRI that doesn’t require radiation or contrast dyes. The findings were published in the Journal Radiology.

The Times of India · Feb 27, 2025

Covid inquiry to hear evidence about Michelle Mone-linked firm in private

Chair rules that details about PPE contracts given to company linked to Tory peer will be heard in closed session

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2025

'Realistic chance' of charges in Michelle Mone-linked probe, crime agency says

THERE is a “realistic" chance that criminal charges will follow the ongoing investigation into Covid contracts handed to a firm linked to…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 26, 2025

Toxic Town’s Jack Thorne: ‘We’re not looking at pain exclusively, but at resilience and survival’

INTERVIEW : The ‘Toxic Town’ writer talks to Gabriel Tate about activism, autism and why television has an originality problem

The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2025

Fox News bemoans that ‘vaccine confidence is at an all-time low’ amid measles outbreak

Studies have found that vaccine hesitancy increased dramatically among regular viewers of Fox News.

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response

This Friday, February 28, marks five years since COVID-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. At a population level, it remains our most harmful infectious disease, with thousands of hospitalisations and 664 deaths last year.

The Conversation · Feb 25, 2025

Is new bat coronavirus a concern to public health? What CDC has said

A new coronavirus HKU5-CoV-2 capable of entering human cells through the same pathway as Covid-19 has been discovered by scientists at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology. While the discovery may spark pandemic concerns, experts assure that the virus has only been found in laboratory studies and that the risk of…

The Times of India · Feb 25, 2025

Impact of remote court hearings ‘breach of natural justice’, inquiry hears

Solicitors from the Legal Services Agency in Glasgow gave evidence at the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry, along with Roddy Dunlop KC.

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025