Advice to help families cope during COVID-19: Family life has changed dramatically since the outbreak of the coronavirus. For many people, they have had to adapt to new daily routines, where they are spending more of their time at home. Lopa Vihibkar a systemic couple and adult family psychotherapist at Priory Wellbeing Centre Fenchurch Street and Priory Wellbeing Centre […]
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GPS data could help map COVID-19 transmission risk: Human mobility data gathered from de-identified mobile devices could help map coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission and support contact tracing efforts, according to new research. The Australian research, published today in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, analysed the Cedar Meats outbreak in Melbourne, the Crossroads Hotel outbreak in Western […]
Lockdown saw people in the UK eating less fruit and veg, getting less exercise and drinking more alcohol – according to research from the University of East Anglia. A new study published today shows how lifestyle behaviours changed in the first month of lockdown back in April 2020 – as the nation adhered to new […]
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Food behaviour in UK, Ireland and beyond altered significantly during Covid19: How we shop for food, cook and eat has changed significantly during the Covid19 pandemic, an international survey led by Queen’s University Belfast reveals. Positive changes such as an increase in home-cooking and cooking from scratch with fresh ingredients were recorded. However, there were also negative […]
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine authorised for emergency supply in the UK: The University of Oxford welcomes the news that the UK Government has accepted the recommendation from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to authorise the emergency use of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine in the UK. Our vaccine work is progressing quickly. To ensure […]
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WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasizes need for equitable global access: The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago. The WHO’s Emergency […]
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COVID-19 Series: What is the scale of vaccine scepticism? – Episode 56 Webinar: Date and time: Thu 7 Jan 2021 from 12:30pm to 1:15pm Register to join Episode 56 ‘What is the scale of vaccine scepticism?’ on Zoom here. Following the rapid development of vaccines for COVID-19, successful vaccine delivery will be the most important factor […]
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Things we know at the end of 2020 (part 2): From lockdowns and travels bans to isolation and testing queues, we’ve all experienced a very different year. So what do we know at the end of 2020 that we had absolutely no clue about before? While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated our lives for almost […]
2020, what a year! Melbourne University researchers, Zena Cumpston, Professor Andrew Dawson, Professor Peter Doherty AC, and Professor Guay Lim discuss a year in review from an Australian perspective on how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed our way of life in 2020: “Things we know at the end of 2020 (part 1)”. First published in […]
Home alone for Christmas? Here’s 6 ways to get through it: Millions of people are having to discard their Christmas plans and think again. The prospect of being alone can suit some, especially if their work schedule has been relentless, but for others it will feel completely at odds with what the season means to […]