This is a rejigged and updated version of an earlier article. As the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine race accelerates, concerns are mounting over fast tracking. There is particular disquiet about DNA, RNA, and viral-vector […]
The audio digest of ‘SARS-CoV-2: lab-origin hypothesis gains traction’ is now online:
Audio digest of this article: More than eight months after SARS-CoV-2 emerged as a global threat, there is still no clarity about its origins. Those who suspect that the virus was developed […]
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 […]
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 […]
This article has been updated. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has removed the drug hydroxychloroquine from its Solidarity trial, in which possible treatments for Covid-19 are being tested. The latest development is […]
The audio digest of “Covid-19: as SARS-CoV-2 spreads, discord over lockdowns increases” is now online:
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
