The coronavirus death toll has just reached a grim milestone. Now, sadly, a million people have died of COVID-19. We published our first piece on the new virus on January 13, when it was merely a mysterious cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China. The world has changed a lot since then – and we have done our best to bring you the latest news and opinion on the pandemic: 3,500 articles and counting.

Nine months later, one thing is clear: most of the big questions about the coronavirus are yet to be answered. But what are these key questions? We asked seven experts from a diverse range of fields, from epidemiology to health psychology, to tell us what they want to know most of all.

There’s a lot of false information about coronavirus on the internet, and new research shows that grandmothers are often the ones spreading it on social media.

Following the tragic fire at the refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, the EU has drawn up a migration pact with member states. It’s a practical, but not heartwarming document.

Clint Witchalls

Health + Medicine Editor (UK edition)

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A million deaths from coronavirus: seven experts consider key questions

Sarah L Caddy, University of Cambridge; Anne Moore, University College Cork; Connor Bamford, Queen's University Belfast; David Hunter, University of Oxford; Derek Gatherer, Lancaster University; Robert West, UCL; Susan Michie, UCL

An unprecedented level of research has gone into understanding the novel coronavirus. Here's what we still don't know.

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How British grannies are spreading QAnon conspiracy theory memes on Facebook

Sue Greenwood, York St John University

One meme can lead to another – and then to a conspiracy theory.

Asylum seekers carry their belongings, Lesbos, Greece, September 11 2020. Orestis Panagiotou/EPA-EFE

New EU migration pact driven by political compromise, not humanitarianism

Romit Bhandari, Coventry University

The pact is largely characterised by the continuation of older ideas, despite the change in tone.

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