Research for the World: new LSE magazine showcases the power of the social sciences
From working to identify the environmental impact of deforestation and improving our understanding of income inequality to the impact of COVID-19 on care homes...
Pope.L’s new exhibition at Neubauer Collegium is shaped by COVID-19
The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society has opened My Kingdom for a Title, a new solo exhibition featuring work by Pope. L, an acclaimed artist and scholar in the University of Chicago’s Department of Visual Arts.
Oxford coronavirus vaccine produces strong immune response in older adults
The ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 coronavirus vaccine, developed by teams at the University of Oxford, has been shown to trigger a robust immune response in healthy adults aged 56-69 and those over 70 years of age.
PRINCIPLE trial finds antibiotics azithromycin and doxycycline not generally effective treatments for COVID-19
In March 2020, the UK-wide Platform Randomised trial of INterventions against COVID-19 In older people (PRINCIPLE) trial was established as a flexible.
Professor Houmin Yan receives CRF funding to combat Covid-19
A cross-institutional team led by Professor Houmin Yan has received HKD 4.3 million funding to support the battle against COVID-19 over the next three years.
NEWS2 evaluated for prediction of severe COVID-19 outcome in large international study
In the first systematic large-scale evaluation of the UK National Early Warning Risk Score (NEWS) 2 as a scoring system for predicting severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients...
Smoking associated with increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms
Smoking is associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms and smokers are more likely to attend hospital than non-smokers, a study has found.
CU Medicine Finds New Evidence for Link between Gut Microbiome and COVID-19 Severity
A recent study by the Faculty of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU Medicine) discovered that composition of gut microorganisms (microbiota) in COVID-19...
Machine learning tool gives early warning of cardiac issues in COVID-19 patients
New algorithm could warn doctors in advance of cardiac arrest or blood clots in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
COVID-19 transmission chains in the UK accurately traced using genomic epidemiology
Their analysis draws on >50k virus genome sequences – 26k of which were gathered through the COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium
