ViewUK to give third Covid jab to immunosuppressed people

Top-up for those with weakened immune systems separate to planned booster campaign, says health secretary

ViewUS intelligence agencies split on Covid origins, to Republican ire

Agencies agree pandemic virus is not a weapon, but diverge on whether it was engineered

ViewWHO concerned about ‘science denial’ amid rising Covid cases

Scepticism is hampering Europe’s Covid-19 vaccination drive, warns World Health Organization official

ViewUKRI awards £4m to Covid-19 vaccine-response projects

Studies will research durability of vaccine responses, low immune responses, and the effect of boosters

ViewGermany gets first payment from EU Covid recovery money

Country is expecting €25.6bn in total, with “numerous” plans for investing in R&D

ViewJoint Austrian-Danish-Israeli Covid fund still lacking a purpose

No strategy or launch date confirmed for €50 million R&D fund, months after launch announcement

ViewCourses launched to help Covid-hit students prepare for university

Russell Group and Open University offer online resources on study skills and mental health

ViewResearchers examine impact of controversial third Covid jab

The £2 million study comes as government agrees contract for 35 million more Pfizer doses

ViewLockdown freezes universities as Covid cases rise

New Zealand extends nationwide shutdown, leaving university projects and classes in limbo

ViewUniversities advised on ‘extra action’ to stop Covid outbreaks

Government guidance comes as institutions prepare for return of students next month

ViewScientists welcome UK approval of Covid-19 antibody cocktail

UK medicines regulator approves Ronapreve for use in prevention and treatment of Covid-19

ViewFrance gets first €5.1bn of its EU Covid recovery funding

National funding plan devotes €8.5 billion to research and innovation

View€1bn Cypriot scheme covering Covid R&D gets green light

Government allowed to offer grants, loans or tax breaks to companies doing coronavirus-related work

ViewRenewed push for R&D and other resources to fight Covid globally

Health policy leaders decry “vaccine apartheid”, saying wealthy countries have “hoarded” doses

ViewSmaller US universities financially vulnerable after Covid

Survey also reveals widespread focus on campus diversity issues in wake of George Floyd murder

ViewSpain and Lithuania get their first EU Covid recovery money

Countries’ governments plan to invest in universities, merge institutions and change academic funding systems

ViewItaly gets first payment from EU’s Covid recovery fund

€30.9bn research, innovation and education component will support infrastructures, ecosystems and partnerships

ViewWHO seeks to take political heat out of Covid origin follow-up

World Health Organization says it is “only focused on science”

ViewTreatment-busting Covid trial to test three more drugs

Solidarity trial previously found that four potential Covid treatments had little or no effect

ViewCovid actions front and centre in annual review of EU research

€602 million in Horizon 2020 funding went towards tackling pandemic, Commission says

ViewFears of long-term damage as business R&D falls during Covid

Survey suggests 45 per cent of firms decreased their R&D spending during the pandemic

ViewGreece gets first burst of EU’s Covid-19 recovery funding

Commission turns €4 billion over to country, whose recovery plan includes actions for boosting research

ViewScientists ‘should be scrutinised for wrong claims on Covid’

Journalist suggests “overconfident” scientific claims should be looked at in UK’s public inquiries into pandemic

View‘Most researchers’ saw their work disrupted in second Covid wave

More than half of UK researchers found it “impossible” to do planned research, survey finds

ViewLithuania’s Covid plan puts €200m into higher education and R&D

Money expected to boost internationalisation of universities, promote research and raise admission standards

ViewChina says WHO’s Covid origins probe is playing politics

Officials continue to reject plan for WHO investigation, saying it has “lost scientific principles”

ViewCommission pays out first money from EU Covid recovery fund

First disbursements comprise €2.2 billion to Portugal, €770 million to Belgium and €12.1m to Luxembourg

ViewOIA ruling adds credence to student Covid complaints

A refund awarded to a law student could trigger more compensation claims, says Chris Parr

ViewOmbudsman rules against bid for Erasmus+ extension due to Covid

EU watchdog backs Commission’s explanation that extra time would hamper successor programme and overload systems

ViewPublications boom linked to ‘flood’ of Covid research

UKRI’s 2020 grants saw associated publications jump by 30 per cent, reflecting wider Covid-19 trends