covid-19

Covid-19 Study Scoops Scientific World Record

The FINANCIAL -- A study led by the Universities of Edinburgh and Birmingham has been awarded the Guinness World Record…

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Vaccination saves lives and our freedom

We have all been touched one way or another by the devastating effects and tragic loss of life due to…

2 years ago

World Bank Financing for COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Exceeds $4 Billion for 50 Countries

The FINANCIAL -- The World Bank announced that it is providing over $4 billion for the purchase and deployment of COVID-19…

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The pandemic, health inequities, and an ‘opportunity for change’

The FINANCIAL -- Experts across the University weigh in on which lessons the pandemic drove home and what immediate measures…

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Higher COVID-19 mortality among Black patients linked to unequal hospital quality

The COVID-19 death rate for Black patients would be 10% lower if they had access to the same hospitals as…

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Latest data on immune response to COVID-19 reinforces need for vaccination

The FINANCIAL --  A new study led by the University of Oxford has found that previous infection, whether symptomatic or…

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Treating Needle Fears May Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Rates by 10%

The FINANCIAL -- A new large-scale study shows that a quarter of the UK adult population screens positive for a potential injection…

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People more afraid of catching COVID-19 are more judgemental, study finds

The FINANCIAL -- Researchers studying how we make moral judgements found that people more concerned about catching COVID-19 were more…

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UNICEF supply operations reach record highs in 2020 amid global fight against COVID-19 pandemic

The FINANCIAL --  UNICEF’s global procurement and supply operations grew by 17 per cent in 2020 to reach a record…

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Research Aims for Best Ways to Treat COVID-19 at Home

The FINANCIAL -- While more than 125 million Americans have received full doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, thousands of people in the…

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Goods Barometer Reveals Strength of Trade Recovery, Depth of COVID-19 Shock

The FINANCIAL -- Global merchandise trade is continuing to recover in 2021 following a steep but brief pandemic-induced drop in…

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Immune Responses to COVID in Patients with Antibody Deficiencies

The FINANCIAL -- COVID infection in patients with antibody deficiency (COVAD) is part of a portfolio of national studies examining…

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Vulnerable Older People at Greater Risk of Depression During Pandemic

The FINANCIAL -- Older people who are clinically vulnerable to COVID-19 are at greater risk of deterioration in health and…

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£5m to Understand COVID-19 Severity in India and the UK

The FINANCIAL -- Four research partnerships have been funded to provide a deeper understanding of COVID-19 severity in South Asian populations…

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Why Some Die, Some Survive When Equally ill from COVID-19

The FINANCIAL -- Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have identified the protein “signature” of severe COVID-19, which they…

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