PROFESSOR BRENDAN WREN: Britain cannot be held to ransom by the vaccine refuseniks

For a man who has set so much store throughout his political career on boosterism, Boris Johnson has been notably pessimistic about our emergence from the shadow of Covid. On Monday, he dramatically warned that a third wave of coronavirus will ‘wash up on our shores’ from Europe. It is certainly true that the news … Read more

Professor BRENDAN WREN predicts vaccine rollout could bring an end to the chaos of Covid-19 pandemic

The news is good, and it’s going to get better. As the Big Freeze recedes, the first glimmers of spring are bringing a series of reasons for us to feel truly optimistic about the future. So it’s about time we gave ourselves a collective pat on the back. The simple fact that 15million people – … Read more

Don’t panic over door-to-door testing, writes Professor BRENDAN WREN 

Don’t panic. This is not doomsday. The sight of government testers going door-to-door in protective clothing, in search of the new Covid variants, might look like a scene from a horror movie, but there’s no cause for real alarm. Coronavirus mutations such as the so-called South African variant, which have emerged in recent weeks, are … Read more

‘It’s the greatest scientific achievement of my lifetime’ says Professor BRENDAN WREN

Don’t be in any doubt – the development of a highly effective vaccine for Covid-19 in less than a year is an extraordinary scientific achievement, perhaps the greatest of my lifetime. I’d put it on a par with Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin in 1928. It really is that transformative. And that’s because the implications … Read more

Musician Wren is fading from the Amazon rainforest, study says 

The sound of the Musician Wren – a South American bird known for its tuneful whistle – is fading from the Amazon rainforest, a new study says.  The species (cyphorhinus arada) is native to the Amazon, which is the world’s largest rainforest at about 2.1 million square miles.  But it’s is now ‘seldom seen’ and has … Read more