Randomised trials could help to return children safely to schools - study DescriptionSchools are closing again in response to surging levels of COVID-19 infection, but staging randomised trials when students eventually return could help to clarify when we should send children back to the classroom.Date:21/01/2021Categories: International, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Research reveals mental health impact of Covid-19 on hospital healthcare workers DescriptionHospital healthcare workers reported higher rates of clinically significant mental health symptoms following the initial Covid-19 pandemic peak in the UK, new research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed.Date:18/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Government is missing its key healthy ageing targets and must act now, report finds DescriptionThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted stark inequalities in healthy life expectancy, according to a report into healthy ageing published today.Date:15/01/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Early COVID-19 lockdown had less impact on urban air quality than first believed DescriptionThe first COVID-19 lockdowns led to significant changes in urban air pollution levels in major cities around the world, but the changes were smaller than expected – a new study reveals.Date:13/01/2021Categories: International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Research Covid-19 genome sequencing project gets major upgrade DescriptionSupercomputing facilities set up to track the spread and evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic have received £1.2M in government funding to expand globally.Date:07/01/2021Categories: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research New COVID-19 test gives positive result in just a few minutes DescriptionA new COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to less than five and delivers accurate results has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.Date:06/01/2021Categories: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences New COVID-19 test gives positive result in just a few minutes DescriptionA new COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30 minutes to less than five and delivers accurate results has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.Date:05/01/2021Categories: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences Large study in UK NHS labs shows gold-standard accuracy of Oxford Nanopore's COVID-19 test LamPORE for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients DescriptionA study of more than 23,000 samples carried out by teams across the UK shows Oxford Nanopore's COVID-19 test, LamPORE, is highly accurate for the detection of SARS-CoV-2.Date:21/12/2020Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research University's chemical engineering expertise helps in fight against COVID-19 DescriptionArticle summarizing the Chemical Engineering response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Date:02/12/2020Categories: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Research New Covid-19 asymptomatic testing site starts at the University of Birmingham DescriptionAn asymptomatic testing site (ATS) of lateral flow tests is launching at the University of Birmingham, as part of the Government's UK-wide continuing drive to increase the availability of mass testing.Date:26/11/2020Categories: Students Displaying 1 to 10 of 95 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next