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As FT science editor, Clive Cookson covers the whole span of science worldwide, from medicine and biology to physics and space exploration, including research funding and policy issues. He worked previously as science correspondent for BBC Radio.
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  • Wednesday, 11 August, 2021
    The Big Read
    How to reach the unvaccinated: the risks of bribery and coercion

    Experts warn of the ‘polarising effect’ of both vaccine passports and gimmicks to persuade reluctant citizens to take the jab

  • Friday, 6 August, 2021
    InterviewUK politics & policy
    Government health experts ‘need greater independence from Whitehall’

    Top Covid adviser says officers are constrained in what they can say and do in public

  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Vaccination stops half of Delta infections, community survey shows

    Another study finds long Covid is much less frequent in children than in adults

  • Friday, 30 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Global Covid surge creates fertile grounds for more dangerous variants

    Scientists say third wave is a breeding ground for potentially more infectious and resistant forms of coronavirus

  • Monday, 26 July, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    Why are Covid cases falling in the UK?

    A sharp fall in the number of people testing positive has surprised scientists

  • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    ‘Super-seeding’ drove UK spread of Alpha variant, study shows

    Research that combined findings on genetic transmissibility with data on human movement could prove a model for future work

  • Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
    ReviewScience books
    Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green — cracking Covid

    Key members of Oxford’s scientific team reveal the exhaustive effort and care that went into the race to create a ‘vaccine for the world’

  • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Italian blood samples revive debate over first signs of Covid in Europe

    New research suggests coronavirus could have been in Italy in October 2019 but is not conclusive

  • Sunday, 18 July, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    UK to study causes, diagnosis and treatment of long Covid

    Research to focus on future health burden as variants and looser restrictions drive up cases

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 16 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Lifting England’s Covid rules while cases surge is ‘threat to the world’

    Country could become variant breeding ground, some scientists warn, when restrictions relaxed on July 19

  • Thursday, 15 July, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    Long Covid defies understanding as sufferers despair

    Doctors fear ‘tens of thousands’ of people could be afflicted by multiple symptoms

  • Monday, 12 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Scientists expect up to 2,000 daily Covid cases in England’s hospitals post-curbs

    Government advisers’ model forecast deaths to reach 100-200 a day after restrictions lifted

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    The Big Read
    England’s reopening: ‘The world is looking at us with disbelief’

    The country is set to be the first to lift all Covid-19 restrictions even as cases are rising rapidly. How big a gamble is Boris Johnson taking?

  • Wednesday, 7 July, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Scientists accuse UK government of ignoring ‘long Covid’ threat

    Medical experts say it could be most damaging consequence of ending lockdown restrictions

  • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    England’s Covid experiment: can jabs counter fast-rising infections?

    Ministers are banking on vaccines’ ‘protective wall’ to enable the lifting of restrictions

  • Monday, 5 July, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson to end almost all Covid restrictions in England on July 19

    Mandatory mask wearing, limits on indoor gatherings and working from home among measures to be scrapped

  • Friday, 2 July, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Lambda Covid variant’s ‘unusual’ mutations puzzle scientists

    Strain first detected in Peru has spread to 27 countries including the UK

  • Tuesday, 29 June, 2021
    Science
    Construction of world’s biggest radio telescope to begin next month

    SKA observatory in South Africa and Australia set to give astronomers unprecedented view of universe

  • Sunday, 27 June, 2021
    Robotics
    UK surgical robotics start-up CMR raises $600m at $3bn valuation

    SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads private financing round that Cambridge group says is medtech’s biggest

  • Friday, 25 June, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Ministers hopeful for mass events after pilots are deemed ‘encouraging’

    Music and theatre sectors criticise plans for more test-runs and call for immediate reopening

  • Friday, 25 June, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    UK coronavirus infections jump 30% but vaccines limit severity of impact

    Data show more than four-fifths of those hospitalised with Delta variant were unjabbed or only had one dose

  • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
    FT SeriesSummer books 2021
    Summer books of 2021: Science

    Clive Cookson selects his best mid-year reads

  • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
    ExplainerCoronavirus pandemic
    Britain struggles to learn to live with Covid

    There has been little discussion about the mortality level that might be acceptable to the public

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    Regeneron antiviral treatment saves lives of Covid patients in hospital

    Clinical trial shows the therapy helps those who fail to make their own antibodies against coronavirus

  • Monday, 14 June, 2021
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    Johnson’s new vaccine target sets stern test for GPs and jab centres

    PM pledges to immunise two-thirds of England’s population by July 19

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