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The key events during the covid-19 pandemic

Many dates stick in our minds as we reflect on five years of living with covid-19 - here are some of the most memorable ones

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A quarantine control notice at Narita airport in Japan in January 2020

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Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?

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Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?

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Covid-19 led to a new era of vaccines that could transform medicine

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Covid-19 led to a new era of vaccines that could transform medicine

Someone with long covid having rehabilitation at the Vall d'Hebron hospital in Barcelona, Spain, in June 2020

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Everything we know about long covid - including how to reduce the risk

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An aerial photo taken in January 2020 shows excavators at the construction site of a new hospital being built to treat people with covid-19 in Wuhan, China

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The most iconic images taken during the covid-19 pandemic

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How the covid-19 pandemic distorted our experience of time

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How the covid-19 pandemic distorted our experience of time

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The big unanswered questions about the covid-19 coronavirus

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2NR8F5N Two workers try to get boxes of vegetables over the barriers in the empty road outside the Union Hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. The city badly-hit by the COVID-19 escalated its ban on vehicles in the outbreak. (FeatureChina via AP Images)

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We must revisit the covid-19 pandemic to prepare for future outbreaks

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Five years on, have we learned the lessons of covid-19?

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Five years on, have we learned the lessons of covid-19?

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Visualising a virus: How our covers captured an unfolding crisis

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Visualising a virus: How our covers captured an unfolding crisis

In the first two years of the covid-19 pandemic, numerous New Scientist covers were dedicated to the global emergency caused by the virus. Together, they tell a story of resilience and scientific achievement

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Ozempic and Wegovy have heart health benefits beyond just weight loss

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Why US obesity rates fell for the first time in decades

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False-colour scanning electron micrograph of skin from the palm of the hand of a 30 year old man. The skin here is neatly arranged in ridges. Sweat pores are seen as miniature craters along the ridges. The cells forming the external surface of the skin, or epidermis, have been flattened & hardened by deposition within them of the fibrous protein keratin. This tough, dead layer of cells is shed continuously & is replaced by new, maturing cells which take a month to migrate from the base of the epidermis. Magnification: x20 at 6x4.5cm size

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Forget aesthetics, the reason to look after our skin should be health

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B6DT04 Alzheimers disease. Series of computed tomography (CT) scans of an axial section through the head of a 74-year-old patient.

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We'll learn about Ozempic's potential for Alzheimer's disease in 2025

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