It's been used not only for treatment of active malaria, but as a preventive against the possible risk of malaria since at least WWII. Like millions of other people have done, I took it when travelli… (View Post)

Even if this has been the narrative thus far, I suspect it's likely to have weakened at least somewhat in October. By then, even on a very optimistic projection, there's likely to have been 50,000 de… (View Post)

He's now been moved into the Intensive Care Unit. There's not much information about his condition - a statement from Downing Streets says: “Over the course of this afternoon, the condition of the pr… (View Post)

A tiger in a New York zoo has caught Covid-19 from its keeper. It was tested as a result of showing clear symptoms and that casts some doubt on the current prevailing view that pets may be able to ge… (View Post)

I talked before about the need to understand the real impact of Covid-19 on deaths as part of assessing how best to tackle it once the immediate peak has been reached. This article considers that iss… (View Post)