Author: Mark Woolhouse, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh

In a typical year, scientists discover two or three viruses that have never been seen in people before. The number fluctuates, but the trend has been fairly steady since the 1960s. Most of these viruses attract little attention, and my colleagues and I have often had to search through old medical papers to find any […]

The UK was one of the most locked down countries in the world during the COVID pandemic, but this was not inevitable – it was a failure of public health policy. That should be the lasting legacy of the UK COVID inquiry’s latest report, not a critique of politicians no longer in office. In a […]