AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine authorised for emergency supply in the UK

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine

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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Caesarean-born babies at increased risk of hospitalisation

Caesarean-born babies

Caesarean-born babies are at increased risk during early childhood of being hospitalised due to an infection, according to a new study of over seven million births from four countries. The study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and Aarhus University and published in PLOS Medicine, found a small but consistent increase in the absolute risk of infection-related hospitalisation […]

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Doctors making decisions on flawed Covid-19 data

Covid-19 data

Researchers warn doctors are making decisions based on flawed Covid-19 data: Doctors may be making decisions about whether Covid-19 patients have the virus, need a ventilator, or remain in hospital, based on weak and over-optimistic evidence, Keele researchers have found. Researchers from Keele University and institutions from across Europe, including the University of Oxford, have […]

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