COVID-19

Amid pressure to speed up vaccination programmes some member states are starting to go their own way on securing doses. The EU’s head vaccine official says no country can jump the queue

The pandemic has both spurred on and demonstrated the value of open science, but has also exposed gaps in science policy. Now is a good time for reform, says OECD

A miserable year, we all agree. But there were a few positive developments worth recalling…

As Horizon legislation wraps up, EU commissioner reflects on how R&I in climate, agriculture, food and related sectors can help Europe recover from the pandemic

Lessons of the pandemic loom large in EU’s pharmaceutical strategy. ‘Never again do we want to see the problems we faced in the first weeks of the crisis,’ says EU vice president Margaritis Schinas

President elect vows to ‘follow the science’, setting out a 7-point action plan to beat the pandemic, including $25B to offer every citizen a free COVID-19 vaccine