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Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty and transitions to adulthood, following the lives of 12,000 children in four countries Ethiopia, India (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam since 2001

COVID-19: Inequalities widen for poorest young people in developing countries

Social Sciences
Research
Image of colchicine in front of covid-19 cells

PRINCIPLE Covid-19 treatments trial widens to under 50s and adds colchicine

Research
Health
Coronavirus
Credit: Shutterstock. Can public interest in leopard print fashion be harnessed for the benefit of the animals through a ‘species royalty’ initiative?

Joining the spots: leopard print fashion and big cat conservation

Conservation
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Chopped turkey, beef, chicken breast and a whole chicken

Regular meat consumption linked with a wide range of common diseases

Research
Health
Close up of vaccine vial with patient in background

New data show vaccines reduce severe COVID-19 in older adults

COVID-19 vaccine
Research
Coronavirus
‘Citizen scientists’ help researchers gather new insights into polar bear behaviour

‘Citizen scientists’ help researchers gather new insights into polar bear behaviour

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
What has excited me about this work is the immediate translational nature of it; the harnessing of the body’s own defence again cancer to bring a potential cure for a disease that otherwise would be fatal

Singula Bio, a new Oxford spin-out company - Cancer need not be fatal

Medical Sciences
Cancer
no evidence of protection, and increases in homicide for States where ‘stand your ground’ was enacted

US Stand Your Ground laws do not cut crime but risk public health and safety

Social Sciences
Image credit: Bethany Atherton

Winners announced for Oxford’s Beyond Boundaries art competition to encourage inclusion in STEM sciences

Research
all age groups showed significantly increased support for taking the vaccine

Major rise in public support for COVID vaccine – Oxford study

Social Sciences
COVID-19 vaccine
Policy
Coronavirus

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