• October 21 2020
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• October 21 2020
  Why the second wave of Covid-19 appears to be less lethal

  Shifts in demographics and better hospital treatments help explain rising odds of survival

  
• October 21 2020
  China’s Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy steals a march on US

  Beijing has promised to help developing world but regulatory and logistical hurdles loom

  
• October 20 2020
  Coronavirus pandemic

  Coronavirus latest: At least two out of three excess deaths in US relate to Covid – CDC

  
• October 20 2020
  Volunteers to be infected with coronavirus in world’s first ‘human challenge’ trials

  Up to 90 fit people aged 18-30 in London will be deliberately infected with virus in effort to accelerate vaccine development

  
• October 20 2020
  FT SeriesCoronavirus: Could the world have been spared?

  How coronavirus exposed Europe’s weaknesses

  When the pandemic struck, many countries were ill-prepared. As a second wave hits, what have they learnt from their early decisions?

  
• October 19 2020
  Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd

  Heathrow to offer £80 rapid coronavirus test for departures

  Government targets halving 2-week quarantine for passengers arriving at UK airports by December 1

  
• October 19 2020
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  Coronavirus latest: Ireland orders new curbs on non-essential retailers, bars and restaurants

  
• October 19 2020
  Special ReportFT Health: Communicable Diseases

  How to spread the word about antibiotic resistance

  The FT is working with the Wellcome Trust to raise awareness of a growing threat

  
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• October 19 2020
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• October 19 2020
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  Poor countries flex collective muscle to access treatments

  Efforts to counter ‘vaccine nationalism’ are shifting the balance of power in the drugs market

  
• October 19 2020
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  Pandemic gives diagnostics sector a shot in the arm

  Coronavirus has highlighted the vital role of the ‘eyes and ears of healthcare’

  
• October 19 2020
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  Are we ready for the next pandemic?

  Short-termism, market failures and misinformation are hampering efforts to prepare

  
• October 18 2020
  FT SeriesCoronavirus: Could the world have been spared?

  Covid-19: The global crisis — in data

  Charts and maps show insights — and paradoxes — of a pandemic that has claimed more than a million lives

  
• October 18 2020
  Disease control and prevention

  Fears of ‘colliding epidemics’ spur campaign to ramp up flu vaccinations

  Manufacturers struggle to meet surge in demand before northern hemisphere winter

  
• October 18 2020
  Analysis

  Germany’s ‘bottom-up’ testing keeps coronavirus at bay

  Network of more than 100 private labs is effective but faces new challenge as infections rise

  
• October 17 2020
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• October 17 2020
  FT SeriesCoronavirus: Could the world have been spared?

  China and Covid-19: what went wrong in Wuhan?

  The first days and weeks of the pandemic were crucial. So why was no action taken? Through a six-month investigation in the city, the FT has uncovered the answers

  
• October 16 2020
  Coronavirus Business Update

  European lockdowns tighten as pandemic intensifies Premium

  Government moves to reimpose coronavirus restrictions spark political backlash

  
• October 16 2020
  EU medicine regulator seeks full results of WHO’s remdesivir trial

  Drugmaker Gilead was briefed on poor results of study before signing European deal, officials say

  
• October 16 2020
  Pfizer to seek FDA approval for Covid-19 vaccine in November

  US group and German partner BioNTech prepare to submit trial results next month

  
• October 16 2020
  Remdesivir has little effect on Covid-19 mortality, WHO study says

  Results of highly anticipated Solidarity trial strike blow to hopes for coronavirus treatments

  
• October 15 2020
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  Coronavirus latest: United offers Covid tests to Hawaii travellers

  
• October 15 2020
  Roche Holding AG

  Roche says broader tests needed for second Covid wave

  ‘If you look at the curves going up everywhere, relying on PCR alone will not work’

  
• October 14 2020
  ‘Long Covid’ symptoms can last for months | Free to Read

  Disorders in brain, lungs, heart, gut, liver and skin often persist, researchers say