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It's an immuno-overreaction that's highly fatal. New research is getting us closer to the chromosome that counts. Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on COVID-19 — five minutes every day from Germany.

How does your blood type influence your response to COVID-19? We discuss with Professor of Molecular Medicine Andre Franke from the Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology at the University of Kiel. Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on COVID-19 — five minutes every day from Germany.

What do you need to know about having someone clean your house? Which countries have the highest per capita COVID-19 infections? And what happens when you don't cover your nose with your mask? Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

What do Germans think their country's getting right — and wrong — in its response to the coronavirus? Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on COVID-19 — five minutes every day from Germany.

Listen to DW's 30-minute science show. In this episode, will the next outbreak be spotted first in wastewater? Also, a cheap drug's big impact on COVID-19 cases, raw science too soon, and a debate on tracing apps.

You've probably come across COVID-19 preprint research without even knowing it. That could be dangerous. Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

When a cheap steroid has a big effect on COVID-19, there's a real danger that too many people will take it. Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

Before a person shows symptoms, coronavirus is in their poo. And Germany's using that to find new outbreaks. Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

The goal seems contradictory: Respect data privacy AND use phones to track COVID-19. Has Germany done it? Listen to DW's science podcast for a different angle on the coronavirus — five minutes every day from Germany.

Listen to DW's 30-minute science show. In this episode, Germany's R number triples, the world sets a (bad) coronavirus record, facemask filaments hit absurd speeds, the lab with a billion masks, and your immune system.