How COVID deepened gender inequality

The World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report 2021 gives a worrying indication of the impact that the COVID pandemic has has on gender...

World Water Day with Matt Damon and Gary White

Hollywood star Matt Damon is a leading figure in efforts to get clean water and sanitation to the poorest people in the world. Damon and...

UpLink: The Eureka Moment

How do you turn that great idea for making the world a better place into reality? We hear from four innovators who are working with the...

Radio Davos

As the world starts to move out of lockdown, we are relaunching World Vs Virus under a new name: Radio Davos. As well as the pandemic,...

How can we vaccinate the world?

As rich nations rush to secure millions of doses, how will poorer countries fare? We hear from the head of COVAX, the global initiative to...

All at sea - the countless ship workers stranded by COVID

Seafarers are among the forgotten victims of the pandemic - thousands have been stranded at sea for months as ports around the world refuse...

The year that COVID built: a look back on 2020

2020 was the year of coronavirus, but also the year of Donald Trump, of Black Lives Matter and of Brexit. CNN correspondent Eleni Giokos...

Seeking a cure for the infodemic

Misinformation about COVID-19 has spread as fast as the virus itself. So is there a cure? UN communications chief Melissa Fleming and...

Did COVID kill our cities?

COVID caused people to snub or even flee cities and the New York Post even suggested “NYC is dead forever”. Two experts tell World Vs...

Lockdown’s back - psychologist Adam Grant has tips on how to cope

As much of Europe returns to lockdown, we listen again to author, podcaster and psychologist Adam Grant on how to survive - and even thrive....

Economist Nariman Behravesh on the havoc caused by COVID-19

Nariman Behravesh, IHS Markit Chief Economist, says the worst may be behind us, but the economic crisis caused by the pandemic will be with...

Antivaxxers vs vaccines

False rumours and conspiracy theories pose a real threat to the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine. Professors Paul Offit and Heidi Larson tell...

World Vs Virus: Coming Soon

News of upcoming episodes of World Vs Virus in which we look at a global effort to counter anti-vax myths and find out how the characters...

Summer Break

World Vs Virus is taking a short summer break. We'll see you again next month. If you think you're going to miss us, don't forget to...

The story so far

A look back on the pandemic to date, featuring interviews with, among others, Gita Gopinath and David Miliband. What have we learned and...

Nico Rosberg: driving towards a cleaner post-COVID world

The world champion racing driver-turned green investor tells us how the pandemic should be an opportunity to accelerate zero-emissions...

Dr Maria Neria, Director of the Public Health, Environment and Social Determinants of Health Department of the World Health Organisation

Pollution and the pandemic - why poor air quality made things worse

Mounting evidence suggests people who live with polluted air are more likely to catch and die from COVID-19. WHO’s Dr Maria Neira tells us...

Race, racism and COVID-19 with Devi Sridhar

Why are people of colour more likely to catch and die from COVID-19? Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of...

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Special Envoy to Mobilise International Economic Support for Continental Fight Against COVID-19

Max Hall speaks to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala about issues facing Africa during the COVID-19 outbreak.