Taking stock: Reflecting on our pandemic mistakes
Ashley Jackson reflects on the lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we all benefit by listening to each other’s perspectives.
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A Potential Breakthrough in HIV Vaccine Development
Andrew Griffiths reports on results from a small-scale clinical trial showing a potential breakthrough in HIV vaccine development.
Vaginal delivery or C-section: Does mode-of-delivery affect how we respond to vaccines as an infant?
Evie Rosette reports on recent research finding a possible link between mode-of-delivery and response to vaccines in infancy.
Have we finally found an effective vaccine against malaria?
Andrew Griffiths reports on the recently published findings from a malaria vaccine trial—do we now have an effective vaccine against malaria?
Vaccine drink entering trials in Oxford
By Karen Heathcote We’ve seen and heard plenty about vaccines over the last couple of years, with news outlets all over the world proudly showing images of people receiving their COVID-19 vaccination jabs. However, a new vaccine that is about to enter its next phase of trials in Oxford won’t be administered as an injection…
How the vaccine works
By Jia Jhing Sia and Connor Forsyth Introduction For the past year the Oxford vaccine has been making headlines as one of our most important tools in the fight against COVID-19. This has been especially true in the last few months, over which the vaccine has been authorised for clinical use in the UK, India,…
VACCINES: An Interview with Dr Sean Elias
By Tom Leslie and Mason Wakley For the past year the Oxford vaccine has been making headlines as one of our most important tools in the fight against COVID-19. This has been especially true in the last few months, over which the vaccine has been authorised for clinical use in the UK, India, and recently…
Public trust in science: sink or swim?
At the time of writing, a search for Covid-19 in the medical publications database PubMed returns over 16,000 papers. There has been an exponential increase in scientific study of the novel coronavirus, and its associated disease Covid-19, since the start of the outbreak. And with it, a surge in appearance of scientists on our television…
The Rise of Epidemiology—How coronavirus shook up medical research
Pandemics have shaken civilizations throughout history. Although these bouts of infections have had devastating effects on society, our survival has also allowed humanity to evolve and reshape its socio-economic and technological focuses. Medical research has most often managed to overcome the pandemics through significant progress. It might seem incredible but substantial medical achievements have been…
Covid-19: a spotlight on science
I am very aware that we all can’t move for news stories about the coronavirus at the moment. But in a time where things seem a bit bleak, I’d like to take a moment to appreciate all science has done and is doing to fight this pandemic. So here’s my 2p. First, a quick recap….
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