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People from ethnic minorities are at a higher risk of dying from coronavirus, a report by Public Health England says.more

The private rocket company SpaceX has sent two Nasa astronauts into orbit. It's the first time since the retirement of the shuttles nine years ago that an American crew has made the journey from US territory.more

Scientific advisers to the government have warned of the risk of lifting the lockdown in England, as sunshine marks the final weekend before rules change. Professor John Edmunds said it was a "political decision" to ease measures; Sir Jeremy Farrar said the NHS test and trace system should be "fully working".more

On April 28, the Pentagon published recordings of unidentified flying objects. In France, 101 such unexplained cases have been observed over forty years, writes the French daily Le Figaro, citing French researchers.more

On Wednesday, SpaceX plans to launch two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. If successful, it would be the first crewed spacecraft launch in the United States since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011.more

UK scientists are to begin testing a treatment that it is hoped could counter the effects of Covid-19 in the most seriously ill patients.more

One of the government's scientific advisers has said he would have liked ministers to have acted "a week or two weeks earlier" in the virus pandemic. Sir Ian Boyd, who sits on the Sage scientific advisory group, said "it would have made quite a big difference" to the death rate.more

Washing your hands at least six to 10 times a day makes catching infections such as coronavirus much less likely, a study by UK researchers suggests.more

A study carried out in Denmark claims to show how strikers are more likely to catch Covid-19 than players in other positions on the pitch.more

A top U.S. scientist said on Wednesday that governments should not count on a successful vaccine against COVID-19 being developed anytime soon when deciding whether to ease restrictions imposed to curb the pandemic.more

While England has seen some lockdown restrictions relaxed, scientists have urged a full reopening of society to get the country back on its feet.more

Moderna Labs said that all 45 of its test patients are producing antibodies that fight the disease, and that the virus was killed in eight of the 45 patients.more

The European Union may give an initial green light in the coming days for sale of the drug remdesivir as a COVID-19 treatment, the head of its medicines agency said on Monday, fast-tracking the drug to market amid tight global competition for resources.more

A UK trial to see whether specialist medical sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus in humans is set to begin. The dogs are already trained to detect odours of certain cancers, malaria and Parkinson's disease by the charity Medical Detection Dogs.more

Scientists are dominated by the belief that even the simplest masks provide protection against coronavirus and prevent the spread of a pandemic. If the majority of people used them instead of flashing their recommendation, it would be faster to extinguish. There has been new evidence in recent days.more

Prolonged isolation causes stress, but for many people, further announcements of easing the restrictions introduced in connection with a pandemic are even more stressful. Research conducted by scientists from the United Kingdom shows that many people are afraid that reports of lifting restrictions in many people are fearful.more

Temperature and latitude do not appear to be associated with the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to a study of many countries published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), but school closures and other public health measures are having a positive effect.more

Humanity’s “promiscuous treatment of nature” needs to change or there will be more deadly pandemics such as Covid-19, warn scientists who have analysed the link between viruses, wildlife and habitat destruction.more

Researchers in the US and UK have identified hundreds of mutations to the virus which causes the disease Covid-19. But none has yet established what this will mean for virus spread in the population and for how effective a vaccine might be.more

Coronavirus patients discharged from hospital could still carry the virus deep in their lungs, undetected by conventional testing methods, a Chinese study has found.more

Research from Germany and Italy suggests that footballers and other athletes face a particular risk of the coronavirus infecting their lungs, raising major questions over attempts to restart professional soccer.more

Speaking may be a primary mode of transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Considering that reports of asymptomatic transmission account for 50-80% of COVID-19 cases and that saliva has peak viral loads at time of patient presentation, droplet emission while speaking could be a significant factor driving transmission and warrants further study. more

A British-American zoologist and expert on disease ecology praised China's contribution to curbing COVID-19, criticized politicization of this pandemic and called on all parties to have more communication.more

The presence of coronavirus in airborne dust has been confirmed - according to research by scientists from the Italian Association of Environmental Medicine. This was considered an important step that would allow early detection of virus recurrence and preventive actionmore

An idea that might seem outlandish at first is gaining some ground as a way to speed development of a coronavirus vaccine: intentionally infecting people with the virus as part of a trial, reports "The Hill".more