The discoveries, advances and curious research findings that were missed amid covid-19 coverage
COVID-19 CONSUMED the world’s attention. On this week’s Babbage podcast (embedded below), The Economist’s health-policy editor, Natasha Loder, unveiled some of the top stories she argues were missed amid the coverage of the pandemic. Highlights discussed on the show included a new polio vaccine, a blood-test for cancer and calculating the age of dogs. Her full list, published on her Twitter account at @natashaloder, is below.