Covid-19: as companies vaunt vaccine trial results, concerns mount over fast tracking
This article has been updated. Latest update: 2/12/2020. More than 180 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 are being developed globally, with more than 50 in clinical trials. Two of the biggest manufacturers have had […]
Nóra Quoirin’s parents give evidence at the inquest into the teenager’s death in Malaysia
Nóra’s parents said they heard muffled sounds in their chalet the night Nóra disappeared. Sebastien Quoirin said Nóra lacked the stamina and skills to survive alone in the jungle for seven days. […]
Covid-19: concerns increase over fast tracking as SARS-CoV-2 vaccine race accelerates (audio digest)
Covid-19: concerns increase over fast tracking as SARS-CoV-2 vaccine race accelerates
This is a rejigged and updated version of an earlier article. Audio digest of this article (not updated). See article for the latest announcements by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and the developers of […]
SARS-CoV-2: lab-origin hypothesis gains traction (audio digest)
The audio digest of ‘SARS-CoV-2: lab-origin hypothesis gains traction’ is now online:
SARS-CoV-2: lab-origin hypothesis gains traction
Audio digest of this article: French translation @ France Soir. Researchers say there’s evidence within the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that suggests the virus is a product of genetic manipulation. Exiled Chinese scientist […]
Covid-19 long haulers call for urgent action to address persistent health problems
This article has been updated. The health problems faced by Long Covid sufferers need to be addressed urgently, say six women in Britain who have just published an open letter drawing attention […]
Covid-19: concerns mount over fast tracking as SARS-CoV-2 vaccine race accelerates
This article has been updated with the news that AstraZeneca has resumed trials of AZD1222 and with information about the pausing of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine trial. A rejigged, updated version of […]
Conservationists organise online hangouts to mark International Orangutan Day
Conservationists around the world are today (Wednesday) joining forces to mark International Orangutan Day and raise awareness about the critically endangered primate whose DNA is 97 percent the same as humans. The […]
A year after Nóra Quoirin’s death, her parents remain convinced she was abducted
One year ago – on August 13 – the body of Franco-Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin was found in a Malaysian jungle about two kilometres from the Dusun resort where she had been […]
Global Witness report: 2019 ‘deadliest year on record’ for environmental defenders
At least 212 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2019, according to a new annual report, ‘Defending Tomorrow’, produced by the London-based non-governmental organisation Global Witness. About 40% of those killed […]
Covid-19: as vaccine race gains pace, the origins and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 intrigue scientists
This article has been updated to include information about the two reports published by exiled scientist Li-Meng Yan et al. (Updates at the end of the article.) Six months on from the […]
Covid-19: hydroxychloroquine treatment rejected by giants of the global health establishment
This article has been updated. (Updates at the end of the article.) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has removed the drug hydroxychloroquine from its Solidarity trial, in which possible treatments for Covid-19 […]
Covid-19: as SARS-CoV-2 spreads, discord over lockdowns increases (audio digest)
The audio digest of “Covid-19: as SARS-CoV-2 spreads, discord over lockdowns increases” is now online:
Covid-19: as SARS-CoV-2 spreads, discord over lockdowns increases
Audio digest of this article: See updates (at the end of this article) about the WHO resuming its hydroxychloroquine trial and three of the authors of the controversial article about hydroxychloroquine published […]
Covid-19: world locks down as coronavirus spread accelerates
New information has been added to this article (updates at the end), but the statistics are as of the date of publication. Up-to-date statistics can be found here. At 18/4/2020 the number […]
MH370: six years on, next of kin call for the search to resume
Next of kin of passengers and crew who were on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 when it disappeared six years ago gathered at a remembrance event today in Putrajaya, south of Kuala […]
Alba the albino orangutan is thriving in the wild
A Bornean orangutan named Alba, who is believed to be the only albino orangutan alive in the world, is thriving in the rainforest where she was released more than a year ago. […]
Hydropower project ‘imperils world’s rarest great ape species’
This article has been updated. There are reports that there will be a long-term delay in construction of the Batang Toru power plant. Conservationists say a 510-megawatt hydropower plant that is being […]
Supreme Court judge denies habeas corpus for Happy the elephant, but lawyers fight on
A judge in the United States has denied a habeas corpus application made on behalf of an elephant in the Bronz Zoo, but the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) says it is “deeply […]
