August 2020

Researchers gave mice two intramuscular doses three weeks apart. The rodents were exposed to the virus five weeks and 13 weeks after the second injection, but didn’t get sick either time. Via: Two doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine protected mice from infection for 13 WEEKS

Actress Rebel Wilson, 40, has offered a glimpse at some of the things she has been doing to get fit and lose weight, after she dubbed 2020 her ‘year of health’ at the beginning of January. Via: Rebel Wilson's weight loss secrets revealed: The five things the Hollwood actress does Read more

The Archbishop of Canterbury has waded into a Twitter row to defend Labour MP Rosie Duffield after she was accused of transphobia. Via: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby defends Labour MP in transphobia row

Florida tops 500,000 cases; Spain sees highest daily post-lockdown infections; Italy threatens to ban Ryanair. Follow the latest updates WHO surge team arrives in South AfricaGlobal deaths pass 700,000Facebook removes Trump post for spreading false information on CovidFrance ‘could lose control of Covid-19 at any time’See all our coronavirus coverage Read more

Manhattan district attorney’s office seeking eight years of the president’s personal and corporate tax recordsNew York prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s finances previously issued a subpoena to Deutsche Bank, one of the foremost lenders to the president’s business, as part of their inquiry – and the bank complied, according to the Read more

75 years after bombings, witnesses struggle to remind us of the horrors of nuclear weaponsAs they mark 75 years since their cities were destroyed in an instant, the ageing men and women who bore witness to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are struggling to remind the world of Read more

Fauci says virus may be under control at end of 2021 as US faces 4.8m cases and more than 157,000 deathsDonald Trump on Wednesday repeated that he believes coronavirus will “go away”, despite his top public health expert warning that it could take most of 2021 or longer to get Read more