Professor Azra Ghani takes the reins of renewed MRC Centre
Professor Azra Ghani has been appointed Director of MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis securing funding for the next three years.
Citizen science shows widespread exposure to drug-resistant fungal spores
Fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus has acquired resistance to agricultural fungicide and first-line clinical antifungal drugs.
Imperial experts provide economic perspective to the Infected Blood Inquiry
Imperial researchers have contributed to an independent inquiry looking at the impacts on UK patients who were given infected blood products.
Q&A: New insights into chikungunya virus outbreaks in Brazil
Since its introduction in 2014, chikungunya has caused more than one million infections in Brazil through multiple epidemic waves.
Infectious disease modeller wins prestigious mathematics prize
An Imperial epidemiologist has been awarded a share of a prestigious maths prize for her outstanding work in modelling infectious disease outbreaks.
Why do children need polio vaccine boosters - Q and A
On World Polio Day, we talk to two experts about why polio boosters are needed in London.
Imperial Real-time Modelling Team receives Award for Modelling and Data Support
The Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team received the Award for Modelling and Data Support for its exceptional contribution to the work of SPI-M-O.
How worrying are new Omicron variants - Professor Neil Ferguson
If variants stay at the current level of severity, restrictions and social distancing measures do not need to be re-introduced.
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.
Imperial partners with laboratory in DR Congo for Rapid Polio detection
Late detection of poliovirus transmission is one of the greatest risks to polio eradication. Imperial developed a method for rapid detection of polio.
