How the University of Oxford is leading the Covid-19 fight on multiple fronts
As well as developing its own Covid-19 vaccine candidate, the University of Oxford is leading multiple trials to…
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Hand sanitiser, Covid-19 and the future market: Will the product become part of everyday life?
20 May 20Chemicals company Ineos is one business that sees its future in the hand sanitiser market, and it will…
Spartan Covid-19 test recall highlights ‘challenges’ of rapid device approvals
14 May 20Spartan voluntarily recalled 5,500 of its Covid-19 testing products at the start of May due to concerns raised…
Fitbit data isn’t accurate enough for detecting coronavirus symptoms, claims analyst
12 May 20Fitbit has teamed up with The Scripps Research Institute and Stanford Medicine for a study using wearable devices…
Seven technological innovations coming forward to tackle Covid-19
07 May 20Virus-tracking software company BlueDot was one of the first organisations to alert governments and private businesses to Covid-19,…
27,000 excess deaths in England and Wales since start of Covid-19 pandemic, new data shows
28 Apr 20Only 19,093 of the 27,015 excess deaths have been officially attributed to coronavirus - but it's likely the…
Meet the companies manufacturing face masks to plug coronavirus shortages
27 Apr 20Companies ranging from Gucci to Fiat Chrysler are doing their bit in the fight against coronavirus by manufacturing…
How Rainbird uses AI to help NHS staff know when to self-isolate
24 Apr 20There's hopes the online tool could even be used to help developing nations map out the spread of…
Why AI will be this year’s most useful technology – not video conferencing
22 Apr 20AI is being used to detect Covid-19 in CT scans of patients' lungs and to help discover a…
How digital biomarkers could help doctors battle against coronavirus
16 Apr 20Kinsa Health, Oura and Medopad are using existing technology to produce data that can be used by healthcare…