Dog bites: Dogs are valued members of families around the UK. Unfortunately, accidents can happen with these loveable creatures and dilemmas arise when dogs bite other dogs or when dogs bite adults or children. Here’s some help and first aid advice for what to do with dog bites in these situations. Dogs biting dogs What […]
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 […]
From trainee nurse to CEO – Mel’s mission to make Bradford the best it can be. The honorary professor talks about her hopes for the future: Mel Pickup always wanted to be a nurse but even as she was working her way up through the ranks, she admits she never saw herself as a chief […]
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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The true cost of chemotherapy: Chemotherapy for breast cancer costs the UK economy more than £248 million annually, including ‘out-of-pocket’ personal costs of more than £1,000 per patient – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. A new study published today is the first to investigate the total non-healthcare cost of chemotherapy […]
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 […]