Can Covid vaccine technology help make a better flu jab?
Winter is coming to the northern hemisphere, and with it the flu season -- however advances spurred by the fight against Covid-19 are boosting hopes of finding a more reliable vaccine
Supply chain crisis snags economic recovery
Closed factories, clogged ports, no truck drivers -- up and down the global supply chain there are problems, raising concerns that it could disrupt the global economic recovery
This is going to hurt: Charges for virus tests across Europe
While some European countries are keeping Covid tests free, others, like France and Germany, have started charging in a bid to ramp up vaccinations
Covid vaccines for kids? Strategies around the world
Which countries are vaccinating children against Covid? The various medical and ethical debates the issue has sparked around the world
In Covid’s shadow, HIV on the march in Eastern Europe
In a Bucharest back street, drug addicts rush towards an ambulance handing out free syringes. While the eyes of the world are on the pandemic, the fight against HIV has slowed in Eastern Europe
Turn the page on Covid-19? Not so fast, say experts
With global Covid cases declining, many countries are easing restrictions, but experts say it's far too soon to declare victory amid fears of the emergence of new and deadly variants of the virus
Has Delta killed the herd immunity dream?
As the Delta variant continues its global surge, experts are questioning whether the long-held goal of achieving herd immunity from Covid-19 through vaccination is still viable
Slow Covid vaccination to cost global economy $2.3 tn: study
The slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines will cost the global economy $2.3 trillion in lost output, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit
Five billion Covid shots: a state of play worldwide
More than five billion anti-Covid jabs have been given globally, but wide disparities between rich and poor countries in access to vaccines persist
Picking up pace: Health passes in Europe
Health passes are increasingly being adopted by European countries and limit entry to certain public places to those who have been vaccinated, recovered from Covid-19 or tested negative