Changing age profile of infections and improved care are among the factors driving a reduction in mortality rates

The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday.

Study offers troubling data as schools consider reopening.

Experts say your risk of catching the coronavirus is lower outside than in a small, poorly ventilated space.

The resurgence of coronavirus is nothing to be feared and lockdown measures are doing more harm than the pandemic itself, a leading Belgian medical scientist has said.Jean-Luc Gala, head of the

While the rest of Europe grapples with an alarming surge in coronavirus infections, Sweden’s much lower rate is being hailed by some experts as vindication of the “soft touch” approach that left the

An unexplained sharp fall in Covid-19 cases and deaths in the Brazilian city of Manaus has led experts to consider whether a form of herd immunity has been achieved in the Amazonian capital.Manaus was

Changing age profile of infections and improved care are among the factors driving a reduction in mortality rates

The mothballing of Britain’s Nightingale hospitals, some of which have yet to treat a single covid-19 patient, has raised questions about whether resources to fight the pandemic were disproportiona...

Previous crises have shown how an economic crash has dire consequences for public health. But in the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is entering uncharted territory. The world’s leaders must prepare...

All the evidence points to race inequality as an urgent aspect of the epidemic, but the government refuses to act, says Zubaida Haque of the Runnymede Trust

The Met Police reveal officers have issued 973 fixed penalty notices over nearly two months.

A senior Met Police officer says the "health protection regulations are clear" about large meetings.

Hundreds of thousands of children could die this year due to the global economic downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and tens of millions more could fall into extreme poverty as a result of...

The flow of remittances from Lebanon and the Gulf to Africa and Asia has come to a sudden, and devastating, stop.

Politicians may present themselves as merely implementing scientific advice, but Alex Stevens argues that, when science meets politics, it can be a case of survival of the ideas that fit.

The UN has described the worldwide increase in domestic abuse as a "shadow pandemic".

One judge claims more lives could have been saved if action had been taken sooner.