Coronavirus may have lain dormant across the world and emerged when the environmental conditions were right for it to thrive rather than starting in China, an Oxford University expert believes. Dr Tom Jefferson, senior associate tutor at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM), at Oxford and a visiting professor at Newcastle University,  argues there is growing […]

A nationwide study in Spain has found that, despite being one of the hardest-hit European nations, just 5 percent of the population has coronavirus antibodies, dispelling any hopes of herd immunity in the near future. The research, published in the widely respected medical journal The Lancet, began in April and included some 61,000 participants from a country […]

2020 has been a challenging year for investors so far. As a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, global economic activity has slumped. This has sent shockwaves through financial markets, with many stocks experiencing double-digit declines. One area of the market that has outperformed, however, is pharmaceutical stocks. Across this sector, share prices have generally […]

2020 has been a challenging year for investors so far. As a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, global economic activity has slumped. This has sent shockwaves through financial markets, with many stocks experiencing double-digit declines. One area of the market that has outperformed, however, is pharmaceutical stocks. Across this sector, share prices have generally […]