COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, emerged in China and rapidly escalated into a global pandemic, as declared by the WHO on March 11, 2020. While most patients recover, the disease poses higher risks for the elderly...

In 1847 the Choctaw, a Native American tribe, helped the people of Ireland who were struggling with famine. A friendship between the two nations was formed that is still alive today.

America's last major epidemic was the HIV/AIDS crisis of 1980s and 1990s. In order to better understand our current circumstances, Danielle is looking back at the legacies of action and inaction surrounding HIV/AIDS and how the...

Some say America is in the midst of an eviction epidemic... but whose fault is it? Greedy landlords? Deadbeat tenants? Let's hear the evidence!

Researchers are trying to use fitness trackers to predict whether someone has COVID-19 before they develop symptoms. Can they actually do it?

Now that we're all wearing masks, we don't have to worry about facial recognition anymore, right? Wrong.

We’ve learned a lot about COVID’s effects on the brain over the past two years. And frankly, it’s not pretty. Brain fog, “long COVID”, sudden death, all resulting from neurological damage done by this awful virus. Despite quarantines,...

A lot of the information we hear about COVID-19 surrounds how the virus impacts your lungs or how the pandemic has ravaged society due to quarantine. But what about your brain? Might coronavirus have an effect there, too? Come along with...

Today, I’m going to tell you all the known Side effects of the Corona Vaccines. Most of these side effects are common to all major coronavirus vaccines including Pfizer, Moderna, Janssen, and Oxford AstraZeneca. And we can’t ignore the...

I'm a Frontline Covid Doctor who treats Covid 19 Pneumonia patients everyday. This real life clinical case is about a young male patient in mid-twenties who had refused to take the covid vaccine. It was painful to see how he...

Even when covid-19 is under control, the long-term effects of the virus will be far-reaching. How will the coronavirus pandemic—and the way it has been handled—change the world?

The FT's South Asia correspondent Stephanie Findlay looks at how the coronavirus spread from India's biggest cities to rural areas and why the country is finding it harder than its peers to bounce back from the pandemic.

Although we are currently living through a pandemic that has disrupted our lives and will shape the course of humanity, pandemics have been around since the dawn of civilization, as have stories about fictional pandemics. So now seems...

Data can sometimes be dense and difficult to look at. Today we look at a technique known as sonification that scientists and musicians collaborate to create, a technique that can give researchers a different perspective on the dataset.

As the world grapples with new pandemics, what can we learn from the US’s mixed response to the Bubonic Plague, which arrived in San Francisco in 1900?

Most of the world has been working on the assumption that when a person recovers from Covid-19, everything just goes back to normal. As the pandemic progresses though, we're learning about some patients who experience long-term...

The novel coronavirus has killed thousands of people and is devastating the global economy. Ed Carr, The Economist's deputy editor, and Alok Jha, our science correspondent, answer your questions on covid-19. Find all of The Economist's...

Johnson & Johnson announced on Jan. 29 that its single-dose coronavirus vaccine was 66 percent effective in preventing moderate disease

FT Trade Secrets writer Aime Williams goes on a mission to find toilet roll. The coronavirus outbreak has emptied supermarket shelves. But why can't manufacturers just divert the unused office paper?

We're all tired of staying home. You've still got a lot of questions about this pandemic. We've got some answers. You can jump directly to a question by clicking on the time stamps below. 0:13 - Should Officeholders Pass Basic Science...

Chinese authorities have published a study of COVID-19 patients across China – the largest one done on the disease so far. <br/>

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is back in the limelight after contracting and recovering from Covid-19, and some analysts say he is benefiting politically. But the FT's Andres Schipani explains the risks of Mr Bolsonaro downplaying...

What has the world learned about the novel coronavirus and its knock-on effects on the global economy? Ed Carr, The Economist's deputy editor, and Alok Jha, our science correspondent, answer more of your questions about the virus.

Lamees Gouda Ameen is an English teacher at the Mostafa Kamel Official Language School in Banha, Qualubiya, Egypt. Lamees also works as a Teacher Educator for the British Council and is also an ICT Trainer, training teachers on how to...