Citizen of the Year honoured for pioneering COVID-19 treatment
Two leading University of Newcastle health researchers, Professor Nathan Bartlett and Emeritus Professor Julie Byles have each been honoured in the 2024 City of Newcastle Citizen of the Year Awards.
Politicized pandemic shaped compliance with social distancing
Politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic had a powerful influence over adherence to social distancing guidelines in the United States and why people did, or did not, comply during the lockdown days, a new study has found.
Researchers at U of T use physics model to study spread of COVID-19 respiratory...
After nearly a year of studying COVID-19, scientists are still grappling with fundamental questions – including understanding the dominant modes...
Genome Canada and McGill to track COVID-19 variants of concern
Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada.
New book of poetry reflects on the Coronavirus crisis
A book of poetry capturing the mood and emotions of people caught up in the Coronavirus pandemic has been published thanks to a University of York professor.
Bergman to study COVID-19 economic recovery
Milgard School economic Margo Bergman has been awarded a COVID-19 economic research recovery grant, one of 18 funded by UW's Population Health...
Child and adolescent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
For Children’s Mental Health Week, we highlight some of IoPPN's research into the impact of COVID-19 on child and adolescent mental health, and potential solutions to support recovery.
Cambridge-led SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance consortium receives £12.2 million
The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium has been backed by the Department for Health and Social Care Testing Innovation Fund to expand whole genome...
Gambling rates dropped during height of COVID restrictions
Gambling rates in Australia dropped off significantly during the height of COVID-19 restrictions, before increasing again over the past six months...
Rapid evolution and host immunity drive the rise and fall of antibiotic resistance during...
Antibiotic resistance poses a serious threat to human health. Resistant infections now cause more than 750,000 deaths per year and are predicted to increase to 10 million deaths per year by 2050.