Whether you are self-isolating, or just staying in more during the lockdown – we know it can be tricky to find things to do to keep busy! Each week we will round up some of the best virtual events and activities you can enjoy – this week we’re bringing you the best activities designed to […]
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. The data, published today in The Lancet, suggest that one of the groups most vulnerable to serious illness, and death from COVID-19, […]
Two of Scotland’s finest chefs have created mouthwatering vegan recipes for students staying in University accommodation. The nutritious meal suggestions – devised by Michelin-starred Martin Wishart and Tom Kitchin – are part of a range of recipe cards to be included in food packages for students if they are self-isolating in halls. The Edinburgh-born chefs […]
Wales faces a wave of mental health problems in the wake of Covid-19, with younger adults, women and people from deprived areas suffering the most. That is the warning contained in new research, led by Swansea University’s Professor Nicola Gray and Cardiff University’s Professor Robert Snowden, which examines the pandemic’s impact on the mental wellbeing […]
A new study sheds fresh light on the conditions under which people in groups follow the behaviour of others, which can help understand human behaviour in relation to Covid-19 restrictions. The new research, a collaboration between the University of St Andrews, the University of Sussex and University College London and published in the journal PLOS […]
A new multi-million pound research project will help scientists across the UK access the data they need more easily to help develop potential therapies and treatments for COVID-19. Experts from the Universities of Dundee, Edinburgh and Nottingham, along with Public Health England, will build the infrastructure for CO-CONNECT, a £4million UK-wide initiative to support research […]
A free online game developed by a Goldsmiths, University of London MSc student led by senior researchers at the University of Oxford helps the public to understand how vaccines work on a global scale. The Vaccination Game, which launched this month, challenges players to figure out how they can deploy limited doses of a vaccine […]
Low-income families will feel the financial pinch as coronavirus forces young adults to return home 19 October 2020 Six-in-10 single 20 to 34-year-olds (3.5 million) without children now live with their parents The proportion has risen from 55% to 63% over the last 10 years Having adult children living at home will affect some low-income […]
A Liverpool-led study* provides evidence that the ‘twinfection’ of influenza and COVID-19 may exacerbate the health risk associated with COVID-19. When multiple pathogens are in circulation at the same time this can lead to cooperative or competitive forms of pathogen-pathogen interactions. This concept of co-infection was evident during the outbreak of the Spanish flu in […]
