The University of Birmingham has received £2.2m in government funding to improve the treatment, causes and symptoms of so-called Long COVID in non-hospitalised patients.
25 July 2022 Hair and libido loss join fatigue and brain fog among wider list of Long Covid symptoms Health records from 2.4m people in UK suggest that 61 symptoms part of wider Long Covid experience, and that certain key demographic groups more at risk
16 March 2022 Mother to child transmission of COVID-19 infection, possible but rare - study SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19 infection, can be transmitted from mother to baby before, during and after childbirth.
15 March 2022 COVID-19 vaccination study opens at Great Ormond Street Hospital Patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Southampton Children's Hospital are taking part in research to work out how they respond to COVID-19 vaccination.
09 March 2022 New antimicrobial air filters tested on trains rapidly kill SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses Researchers have developed new antimicrobial technology for air filters that can kill bacteria, fungi and viruses including SARS-CoV-2.
07 February 2022 Research to investigate how food intake is regulated could improve treatment of COVID-19 illness Dr Caroline Gorvin has been awarded the distinguished Sir Henry Dale Fellowship worth nearly £1 million to better understand how food intake is regulated.
20 January 2022 Lack of trust in public figures linked to COVID vaccine hesitancy says new research New research says lack of trust in public sector officials has played a key role in low uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations among groups termed 'high risk'.
22 December 2021 Booster vaccination strongly enhances COVID-19 immunity in care home residents and staff – study A COVID-19 booster vaccination markedly increases immune response in residents and staff within care homes, making it vital that people living and working in these settings get their third 'jab', a new study reveals.
20 December 2021 Birmingham Perspective: How might Omicron impact potential future COVID-19 variants? Adam Cunningham, Professor of Functional Immunity, speculates on how might the Omicron variant might affect future COVID-19 variants.
20 December 2021 Drug could more effectively treat patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia, research finds A proof-of-concept trial has identified a drug that may offer benefit some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia.
20 December 2021 Omicron may cause 100,000 cancelled operations in England this winter An additional 100,000 elective operations could be cancelled in England this winter as a result of the Omicron wave leading to increased hospital admissions.
09 December 2021 Prior SARS-CoV-2 infection increases strength and quality of immune response in double vaccinated care home staff and residents, reveals study Elderly care home residents who have previously contracted and survived COVID-19 develop much stronger and higher antibody and cellular immune responses to two doses of vaccination, research finds.
03 December 2021 University of Birmingham in trial of booster COVID-19 vaccines A UK-wide trial carried out in collaboration with the University of Birmingham show six COVID-19 vaccines are safe and boost immunity for people who have had two doses of Pfizer/BioNTech or Oxford/AstraZeneca.