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.
30 June 2020 Where we stand with antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2 Professor of Immunology and Director of the Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy comments on a recent Cochrane review discussing antibody tests for identification of current and past infection with SARS-CoV-2.
25 June 2020 Antibody tests may help detect COVID-19 infection - if used at right time Scientists have analysed data from around the world to examine the accuracy of antibody tests for COVID-19 - discovering that timing of testing is critical.
10 June 2020 The Conversation: Lockdown: crimes in the home are on the up – new measures are needed to alert the authorities Dr Joht Singh Chandan writes for The Conversation on how domestic violence and child maltreatment are widely under-reported under lockdown.
10 June 2020 First drugs announced in major COVID-19 drugs trial Two UK drugs companies will be the first to partner with the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford as part of a major new UK drugs trial to test potential therapeutics to treat patients hospitalised with COVID-19.
08 June 2020 Birmingham designed test confirms COVID-19 as trigger for rare Kawasaki-like syndrome in children A test developed in Birmingham has offered evidence confirming COVID-19 to be the cause of a newly emerged multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children, who have tested negative for the virus by the PCR test.
29 May 2020 COVID-19 patients who undergo surgery are at increased risk of postoperative death – global study Patients undergoing surgery after contracting coronavirus are at greatly increased risk of postoperative death, a new global study published in The Lancet reveals.
29 May 2020 Blog: How to stay productive during lockdown During this period of uncertainty, we spoke to some of our researchers in a series of blog posts to find out what it's like to be a scientist and working from home.
29 May 2020 Medical students join forces with doctors on the front line to raise over £25,000 for charity Medical students from the University of Birmingham's Medical Society have teamed up with doctors on the front line as part of a sports competition that has seen over £25,000 raised for charitable causes.
28 May 2020 COVID-19 mortality in cancer patients is not significantly affected by anti-cancer treatments, study finds A new study led by the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford has found the mortality rate in cancer patients who are assessed or treated in hospital with COVID-19 is not significantly affected by anti-cancer treatments.
21 May 2020 High doses of vitamin D supplementation has no benefit in preventing or treating COVID-19 Scientists 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.
15 May 2020 COVID-19 disruption will lead to 28 million surgeries cancelled worldwide Over 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.
12 May 2020 Major COVID-19 drugs trial begins in Birmingham A trial which will rapidly test new therapies for patients hospitalised due to COVID-19 is opening in Birmingham this week.