Policymakers around the world are relying on the expertise of scientists to help make decisions around the COVID-19 pandemic. But how do scientists learn to advise policymakers? Noam Obermeister from Cambridge’s Department of Geography argues that this has been overlooked in the past, and suggests how studying their learning might help us prepare for future emergencies.

"The fate of democracy has always depended on the balance of power between those who rule and those who are ruled."

A new study highlights "direct, data-driven evidence that the timing of interventions has a substantial impact on how long an outbreak lasts..."

Study: Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.

Political donors like candidates who stick with their party's positions, researchers find. Voters also tend to steer clear of candidates with extreme views.

Social distancing orders have worked to keep more people at home more often, research with Google data shows.

Will COVID-19 change the American social safety net? New research looks at history as a guide for how governments react to crises that expose inequality.

COVID-19 is much more than just a medical emergency.

A historian explains what we can learn from the Great Depression in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and its economic devastation.