Lockdown reduced children’s contacts with GPs but increased remote appointments
Young people’s contacts with GPs in England dropped by 41% overall during the first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 compared with previous years.
Making cancer vulnerable and building bridges with MPs: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
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Podcast: Child COVID condition, health inequalities, and a healthy planet
In this edition: A COVID-linked condition in children, how AI could magnify health inequities, and 9 things you can do for your health and the planet.
Aspirin may improve 3-month survival for patients critically ill with COVID-19
Antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin have little effect on the need for life support in COVID-19, but they may improve survival in the following months.
Engineering extra limbs and austerity food purchases: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths, first global estimates suggest
Thousands of newborn deaths could have been prevented if recommendations for cigarette taxes had been met, a study has estimated.
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Imperial pioneer wins UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize
An Imperial Regius Professor of Engineering has won the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences.
Cyclones health impact and squeezing cells: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
COVID-19 mapper reveals symptom variation between countries and health status
Imperial research has unveiled how COVID-19 symptoms varied between country and health condition in 2020 in partnership with symptom mapper Healthily.
Health Innovation Prize 2022: Meet the finalists
Five finalists for the prestigious Health Innovation Prize, hosted by the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) have made it to the last round.
