Latest COVID-19 updates from the College In 'Coronavirus' COVID-19 Research in MDSLatest COVID-19 updates from the CollegeCOVID-19 research briefing Back to 'Medical and Dental Sciences' NewsRSS FeedAtom Feed 16/08/2021 New clinical risk management tools are needed to prevent COVID-19 deaths, say experts DescriptionA new study exposes the dire need for new clinical risk management tools to help hospital healthcare workers prevent the deaths and intensive care admissions of BAME COVID-19 patients with pneumoni.Date:16/08/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 29/03/2021 New study finds strong immune response following COVID-19 vaccination DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham with support from the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium has found that 99% of people generate a robust immune response against COVID-19 after just one dose of the Pfizer vaccine.Date:29/03/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 24/03/2021 Updated Cochrane review assesses how accurate rapid tests are for detecting COVID-19 DescriptionReview shows rapid antigen tests are better at correctly identifying cases of COVID-19 in people with symptoms than in people without symptoms.Date:24/03/2021 09/03/2021 Women with polycystic ovary syndrome at significantly increased risk of COVID-19, study finds DescriptionWomen with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at a significantly increased risk of contracting COVID-19 than women without the condition, new research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed.Date:09/03/2021 05/02/2021 Severely frail individuals with COVID-19 are three times more likely to die, study finds DescriptionNew research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time the extent to which frailty increases the risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients.Date:05/02/2021Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 21/01/2021 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.Date:21/01/2021 27/08/2020 Breakthrough antibodies test to detect COVID-19 cases launches in Birmingham DescriptionA new test to detect COVID-19 antibodies in people with mild symptoms has been launched by The Binding Site in collaboration with the University of Birmingham's Clinical Immunology Service.Date:27/08/2020Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research 11/08/2020 Coronavirus-related children's diseases linked to blood cell changes DescriptionA disease occurring in children and linked to COVID-19 has significant changes in white blood cells.Date:11/08/2020Categories: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research Displaying 1 to 8 of 8