Call for public inquiry as locked-down students unable to access online books, which can be 500% more costly than print versions.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of sharing data openly to improve the discoverability and reusability of new results.

Researchers found that the variant originated in California and showed up in more than half of samples tested last week by researchers in Los Angeles.

The president-elect detailed plans for an initial effort to fight the coronavirus and a subsequent one to address economic recovery.

Boris Johnson's plan to test millions of pupils a week in disarray after concerns raised.

In this spookily prescient booklet, people are advised to keep six feet apart, avoid shaking hands and only send one person per household out to do the shopping.

Once immunity is widespread in adults, the virus rampaging across the world will come to resemble the common cold, scientists predict.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation says lockdowns have hit incomes of those in insecure work the hardest

The virus has killed American Indians at especially high rates, robbing tribes of precious bonds and repositories of language and tradition.

Brazil says CoronaVac has an efficacy rate just over 50 percent, much lower than previously announced. More than 380 million doses have already been ordered.