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One in Five Believe there is a Government Conspiracy to Present COVID as 'Much More Dangerous than It Really Is'
A new study provides evidence of the dangerous toll disinformation circulating on social media platforms can take on those suspicious of the Coronavirus crisis

Conservatives Divided: Scourge of Lockdown Sceptics Neil O’Brien MP Receives Government Backing
The Twitter warrior has been turning heads in Cabinet, reports Sam Bright

Extracts from a COVID Prison Diary
Since 1974, Peter Wayne has spent more than 35 years in jail. Two months ago, he was released from a London prison after serving a three-year sentence. During this period, he kept a journal, from which the following extracts are taken

EXCLUSIVE Conflict of Interest? Education Secretary ‘Sponsors’ Private Online Company Providing Free Lockdown Lessons
Sian Norris reports on the multiple ties to the Conservative Party of an online academy critical of “left-wing teaching unions”

Lungs of the World Desperate for Oxygen: The Epicentre of Brazil’s COVID-19 Pandemic
Monica Piccinini speaks to those on the ground in the Brazilian state where health workers are battling against a horrendous surge in Coronavirus cases

Government Insists Schools Are Safe As Teachers Call to be Prioritised for COVID Vaccine
Harriet Williamson speaks to teachers about feeling like an ‘afterthought’ as those still working in schools with vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers are not deemed to be a priority for vaccination

EXCLUSIVE ‘Parents’ Campaign Against School Closures Receives PR Support from Boris Johnson Advisor
Nafeez Ahmed investigates the opaque USForThem group lobbying against Coronavirus restrictions, and its Conservative Party, Brexit and Pro-Trump connections

Give Our Sorrow Words: Biden Is Right to End Trump Era with Grief for COVID Losses
The incoming US President Joe Biden is today providing a space of collective mourning for the American nation, reports Stefan Simanowitz
From Wellness to Alt-Right Conspiracy Theory: The Strange Marriage of New Age and Far-Right
Sian Norris investigates the sickness at the heart of a wellness community captured by far-right conspiracy and pro-Trump support
Will his Own COVID Conspiracies and Broken Promises Cost Jair Bolsonaro his Presidency?
Monica Piccinini looks at how the Brazilian electorate has been let down by their populist authoritarian leader
Reducing Aerosol Transmission is an Easy Win to Stop the Spread of COVID
Improving ventilation and upgrading PPE to protect healthcare workers from aerosol transmission will help drive out the Coronavirus sooner, says Dr Nishant Joshi
Schools and Parents Struggle to Bridge the 'Digital Divide' in New Lockdown
Susan Nathan explores the experiences of parents and teachers struggling to cope with a lack of tech for online learning, with additional reporting by Sian Norris
EXCLUSIVE One in a Thousand: UK Checks on International Travellers in Tatters
David Hencke reports on how only 9,000 out of nine million airline passengers were checked for quarantine over a five-month period last year
Government Snubs Russian ‘Sputnik’ Vaccine Despite Oxford Trials
Sam Bright and Steve Shaw report on the Government's decision not to purchase doses of Russia's vaccine despite the possibility it could be combined with the vaccine from Oxford University
'We're Being Collectively Gaslighted' NHS Staff React to Lockdown Sceptics
As the weekly “Clap For Carers” returns, Adrian Goldberg hears why a frontline hospital consultant is so angry at those who downplay the Coronavirus