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Anjana Ahuja

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Anjana Ahuja is a contributing writer on science for the FT. She was previously a feature writer and columnist at The Times. She also contributes to BBC Newsnight and Prospect. She is co-author of Selected, on the evolution of human leadership, and was named best science commentator in the 2013 Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards. Anjana has a PhD in space physics from Imperial College London, and is a visiting lecturer in science journalism at City University in London.

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  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
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    Doubts raised over AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine data

    Oxford university acknowledges error that forced trial to switch dosing regimens

  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
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    Health misinformation pollutes the web, with consequences for all

    Conspiracy theories about vaccines could affect how smoothly the world recovers from the coronavirus crisis

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
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    Should the old or the young be vaccinated first?

    Government and citizens must discuss how to allocate anti-Covid remedies

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
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    Mink slaughter seeks to save Denmark from being a new Wuhan

    A preventive Covid cull of 17m minks sets a crucial health precedent: the importance of overreacting

  • Friday, 23 October, 2020
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    Focus on non-medical strategies in the fight against Covid

    Mask-wearing or curfews? A second wave is a chance to gather evidence on behavioural science

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
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    Covid-19 is really a syndemic — and that shows us how to fight it

    Coronavirus does not act alone but with co-morbidities such as obesity and diabetes

  • Sunday, 27 September, 2020
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    Let’s be clear on policy trade-offs over a second wave of Covid

    In a pandemic that could run for years, all the choices are unenviable

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
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    Searching for life on Venus is a stab in the colossal dark

    Researchers insist that only alien lifeforms would explain their detection of phosphine 

  • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
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    Why merger of black holes should have been impossible

    This intriguing collision of light-slurping titans was a cataclysmic event that defies convention

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    Lessons from countries that have reopened classrooms successfully will be vital

  • Tuesday, 14 July, 2020
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    An airborne virus is a threat worth taking seriously

    Scientists are questioning whether droplets can explain all cases of coronavirus transmission

  • Monday, 6 July, 2020
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    Blood samples from children in Madagascar enabled predictions of a measles epidemic

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
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  • Wednesday, 17 June, 2020
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    The long road to a Covid-19 vaccine

    The world is waiting for a breakthrough that will allow a return to normality but there are possible risks attached

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
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    A fixation on specific distances encourages a false, binary distinction between safety and danger

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    The science behind easing lockdown restrictions while allowing economies to reopen

  • Wednesday, 27 May, 2020
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  • Tuesday, 19 May, 2020
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    Government errors now haunt every step to normality, including reopening schools

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    The return of a virus spells trouble if a high percentage of the population remains susceptible to it

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    Michael Osterholm’s persuasive blueprint demands a rethink for the post-coronavirus era

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    Anjana Ahuja: How to crowdfund a moonshot

    To source an antiviral, we must first know the shape of the foe

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