Track, trace and contain – but don't keep our data: Ethical and legal worries of the NHSX App DescriptionOn Thursday 7th May the UK Government began the roll out of its Covid-19 Contact Tracing App on the Isle of Wight, however if government want to hold our data we need more clarity.Date:28/05/2020Categories: Arts and Law, Research COVID-19 Weekly Briefing, 25 May 2020 DescriptionThis weekly briefing (25 May 2020) outlines some of the ways in which the University of Birmingham is working with our local partners and community to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic.Date:27/05/2020 Education project launched to understand Birmingham learning at home during COVID-19 DescriptionThe University of Birmingham and Birmingham City Council are working together to study the implications of the shutdown on schools, teachers, pupils and parents due to COVID-19 pandemic.Date:22/05/2020Categories: Research, Social Sciences High doses of vitamin D supplementation has no benefit in preventing or treating COVID-19 DescriptionScientists from the UK, Europe and the USA, including experts from the University of Birmingham, have published a vitamin D consensus paper warning against high doses of vitamin D supplementation.Date:21/05/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Students Relighting the economy with heat DescriptionThere is a strong need to light a fire under the economy and decarbonisation and sustainable heat may be the best way of achieving this.Date:21/05/2020Categories: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research Global webinar launch – 'Living with the Pandemic in LMICs' DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham experts will discuss how research can help people living in Low- and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) to stay safe during the current coronavirus pandemic in the first of a new webinar series.Date:19/05/2020Categories: International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research COVID-19 Weekly Briefing, 18 May 2020 DescriptionThis weekly briefing (18 May 2020) outlines some of the ways in which the University of Birmingham is working with our local partners and community to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic.Date:18/05/2020 COVID-19 disruption will lead to 28 million surgeries cancelled worldwide DescriptionOver 28 million elective surgeries across the globe could be cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic – leading to patients facing a lengthy wait for their health issues to be resolved, a new study reveals.Date:15/05/2020Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research COVID-19 Weekly Briefing, 11 May 2020 DescriptionThis weekly briefing (11 May 2020) outlines some of the ways in which the University of Birmingham is working with our local partners and community to tackle the Coronavirus pandemic.Date:11/05/2020 Researchers launch race to develop sustainable COVID-19 vaccine delivery DescriptionScientists are launching a major new research project in India that will help to engineer an efficient and sustainable delivery mechanism – ready to get an eventual COVID-19 vaccine to billions of people.Date:07/05/2020Categories: Engineering and Physical Sciences, International, Research Displaying 1 to 10 of 42 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next