By Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A care worker wearing full Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) as she goes about her jobKarwai Tang/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 3 July Almost 20,000 people in care homes died with covid-19 in England and Wales… Read More: Covid-19 news: Almost 20,000 care home deaths in England and… »
Scientists have analysed data from around the world to examine the accuracy of antibody tests for COVID-19, and have shown that the timing of testing is critical. The tests do not work accurately when administered at the wrong time. In the most comprehensive review of its kind of COVID-19 testing, researchers have examined all available… Read More: Antibody tests may help detect COVID-19 infection – if used… »
In a new report published by the Brookings Institution, Matthew Fiedler, Ph.D. ’13 , a fellow in economic studies at the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, and Zirui Song, M.D. ’10, Ph.D. ’12, assistant professor of health care policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, estimate national health care spending for COVID-19 care and… Read More: New studies are estimating spending on COVID-19 »
By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A government and NHS Test and Trace advert on a billboard in London.REUTERS/Hannah McKay Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 3 June NHS Test and Trace system not tracing enough contacts of coronavirus cases The NHS Test and Trace system, which is designed to identify people who… Read More: Covid-19 news: NHS Test and Trace not tracing enough to… »