The good news you might have missed in 2020

The good news you might have missed in 2020

Death. Suffering, Economic devastation. Political turmoil. The pandemic triggered a torrent of daily negative news. But through the worst health crisis in almost a century, there were also moments that brought relief and joy, or at least cautious optimism.

Off like a shot. Drugs that protect against Covid-19 were developed, tested and rolled out in less than a year - a speed unmatched in the history of vac- cine science.

Scientists at Pfizer and partner BioNTech SE, Moderna, AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, as well as China's Sinopharm Group went into overdrive to create vaccines for billions of people.

Moreover, Pfizer and Moderna's success in using the genetic material mRNA to transform the body's cells into vaccine factories offers hope for developing other life-saving treatments in the future, including for cancer and heart disease.

The great WFH experiment. While it was not all smooth sailing - with childcare challenges, longer working hours, unequal access to technology or fast internet, and psychological stress - hundreds of millions of people managed to power through and work remotely for almost a year, keeping banks, schools, government agencies, businesses and even doctors' offices running.

The radical shift is also forcing a global rethink of what work could