How the Catalan videogame industry adapted to the Covid-19 crisis
Event cancellations due to coronavirus have a knock-on effect for companies
July 3, 2020 06:48 PM
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70% of care home residents with Covid-19 are asymptomatic
Study by Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Hospital also finds 56% of care home staff with coronavirus show no symptoms
July 2, 2020 04:47 PM
Most children have little or no Covid-19 symptoms, Barcelona hospital study suggests
Sant Joan de Déu to look into disease transmission at kids' summer camps
June 9, 2020 04:58 PM
Barcelona hopes to be site of new European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts headquarters
ECMWF could employ up to 250 in Catalan capital in coming years
May 29, 2020 04:12 PM
Catalonia to connect with world's 2nd-longest fiber optic subsea cable
2Africa cable funded by Facebook and telecom companies is due to be operational by 2023
May 18, 2020 10:06 PM
Barcelona hospital performs heart transplant on recovered Covid-19 patient
Operation on teenager first of its kind in Catalonia and Spain
May 15, 2020 12:40 PM
Catalonia aspires to increase R&D budget to 2.12% of GDP to meet EU average
President Torra presents National Pact for a Knowledge-Based Society as post-Covid-19 'compass'
May 13, 2020 09:47 PM
Study reveals 7.1% of Barcelona residents have Covid-19 antibodies
The figure is 2.5% for Girona, 3.7% for Lleida, 1.6% for Tarragona and 5% for Spain as a whole
May 13, 2020 08:34 PM
Lockdown sees Barcelona pollution levels drop 62%
Data from March 14 to April 30 at 129 sites across Spain shows lowest pollutant figures in a decade
May 4, 2020 04:04 PM
'We didn't pay enough attention to Asia', says Catalan researcher of Covid-19 crisis
Salvador Macip discusses reasons behind pandemic's impact, including the state of the public health system and its management
May 1, 2020 10:29 AM
Health centers begin testing for coronavirus immunity
Catalan CAPs part of Spainwide study of antibodies in blood aiming to find out how long defenses against Covid-19 last
April 30, 2020 08:37 PM
Catalan researchers part of Remdesivir study showing effective treatment for Covid-19
Trial with antiviral medication indicates improvements in recovery time and reduced mortality among patients with severe coronavirus
April 30, 2020 01:17 PM
Catalan researcher leading team to build Covid-19 detecting algorithm
Brian Subirana is excited by the possibilities opened up by AI that can be applied beyond the coronavirus
April 22, 2020 08:12 PM
Algorithm aims to detect Covid-19 cases with app that records coughing
Barcelona hospital part of MIT study led by Catalan researcher to develop free diagnostic tool to help with return to normal life
April 16, 2020 05:50 PM
Home of FC Barcelona hosts Covid-19 clinical trial
Camp Nou one of four venues attending to participants taking part in innovative coronavirus research project
April 15, 2020 05:21 PM
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