Infection study
COVID-19 – how long am I infectious and when can I safely leave isolation?
Imperial experts share their advice on self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.
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COVID-19 – how long am I infectious and when can I safely leave isolation?
Imperial experts share their advice on self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19.
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New report tracks two years of changing behaviours and attitudes during COVID-19
A new report has compiled survey data on almost half a million people across nine countries to investigate how they responded to government policies.
Children and young people’s mental health needs rising threefold
A new report examines the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of children and young people in North West London.
Interrupting immune-suppressing treatment can boost COVID vaccine response
A brief interruption in treatment for people who use immune-suppressing medicine can double the antibody response to COVID-19 booster vaccination.
Vaccinations may have prevented almost 20 million COVID-19 deaths worldwide
Vaccinations estimated to have averted 19.8 million COVID-19 deaths worldwide in their first year, according to the latest Imperial modelling study.
“If you enjoy doing it, go ahead and do it” - women engineers in #INWED Top 50
Three Imperial engineers have been lauded in the Women’s Engineering Society (WES)’s Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards for #INWED.
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No ‘safest spot’ to minimise risk of COVID-19 transmission on trains
Researchers have shown how COVID-19 can spread through train carriages, finding that there is no ‘safest spot’ to minimise risk of transmission.
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Podcast: Calculating risk, Black founders, and Beatrix Potter’s nature
In this edition: Calculating risk in business, Black-heritage founders and entrepreneurs, and Beatrix Potter’s fascination with nature.
Omicron infection is a poor booster of COVID-19 immunity
People infected with the Omicron variant show poor immune boosting against future SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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1 in 16 infected with the coronavirus as REACT study records highest rates yet
Coronavirus infections in England have climbed to a record level as the REACT programme reports the highest prevalence since it began in May 2020.