Six months into the Covid-19 pandemic, and with more than 380,000 people dead, the picture we have of Sars-CoV-2 remains opaque and unclear. Thousands of papers and reports have flooded the academic sphere during this period, as scientists have rushed to understand the virus, which, according to the journal Science, ...

The pandemic’s future will be decided by human action and several unanswered questions about the nature of the virus Restaurants are opening, parks are full and people are getting back to work: parts of Europe, Asia and much of the Middle East are enjoying the benefits of flattened coronavirus curves. ...

Protesters around the world took to the streets again on Friday, despite coronavirus warnings, in a wave of outrage at the death of African American George Floyd in the United States and racism against minorities in their own nations. Floyd’s death, after a white police officer pressed a knee into ...

Minister of Public Health, Hamad Hassan, chaired a meeting for representatives of local authorities, attended by Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad, to discuss ways of gearing up and coordinating the measures to be implemented in the next stage of the battle against coronavirus, with emphasis on improving readiness, especially ...

The Council of Ministers decided during its session held today in Baabda Palace, to extend the state of public mobilization until July 5, included. The council also asked the Council for Development and Reconstruction, to prepare an evaluation report within 15 days on the wast sorting and treatment contracts in ...

Minister of Information, Manal Abdel Samad Najd, received on Monday Secretary General of the Higher Relief Council, General Mohammad Kheir. The pair discussed the contracts that had been signed in the past with the ministry.

SpaceX, the private rocket company of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, launched two Americans into orbit from Florida on Saturday in a landmark mission marking the first spaceflight of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil in nine years. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 3:22 ...

The Cabinet Friday postponed until next week the approval of key administrative appointments, having been held back by Parliament’s newly endorsed mechanism for Grade One postings. The Cabinet session, chaired by President Michel Aoun at Baabda Palace, was held against the backdrop of tensions over the building of a power ...

In Lebanon, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the country at a time of instability. In this context, its secondary effects on domestic violence, the gender gap in employment and on unpaid work, risk disproportionately impacting women and girls, and rolling back hard-won gender equality gains. Women health care workers, social ...

Scientists’ understanding of the novel coronavirus grows daily, with new research constantly emerging. Here’s a roundup of coronavirus-related news and studies we found interesting and thought-provoking. Among the new research: people who’ve come down with a strain of coronavirus that causes the common cold could have immunity against the novel, ...