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Significantly less government funding was put towards researching treatments than vaccines. And national efforts to coordinate and recruit sick patients into trials were insufficient. The next few months will still bring many sick people - and doctors have woefully few drugs with which to treat them.
The head of the Wellcome Trust warns that vaccines and research must be shared equitably among all nations
Limited initial supply of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine raises the question of how to prioritize available doses. The authors used a mathematical model to compare five age-stratified prioritization strategies.
Online learning is fragmenting the traditional model of the university as a single site for both education and research. In this blog, it is discussed how this digital transition is reshaping universities.
In the age of the internet, there's no such thing as a private debate. But is that bad for science?
In this spookily prescient booklet, people are advised to keep six feet apart, avoid shaking hands and only send one person per household out to do the shopping.
Herd immunity is expected to arise when a virus cannot spread readily. However, Manaus provides a cautionary example that herd immunity is likely not achieved even at high levels of infection and that it comes with unacceptably high costs.
Once immunity is widespread in adults, the virus rampaging across the world will come to resemble the common cold, scientists predict.
