Content based on the tag Imperial College

'Professor Lockdown' denies calling for UK-wide restrictions after model predicted 500k deaths

Professor Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist, admitted he 'stepped outside' his role as a Government scientific adviser

over 1 year ago

inews.co.uk

Diabetes patients 'should be checked for depression' as scientists reveal common link

Researchers called for change in how the UK's more than 4 million type 2 diabetes patients are treated and managed as...

about 2 years ago

mirror.co.uk

Emma Munbodh

New Covid rules: All your questions answered - from work to pub nights out

It will mean mandatory self-isolation will be axedfrom Thursday, £500 isolation payments and Day One sick pay will go...

about 2 years ago

mirror.co.uk

Emma Munbodh

New Covid rules: All your questions answered - from work to pub nights out

It will mean mandatory self-isolation will be axedfrom Thursday, £500 isolation payments and Day One sick pay will go...

over 2 years ago

mirror.co.uk

'Unprecedented' levels of Covid in the UK in January - worst-hit group revealed

Between January 5 and 20 this year one in 23 people in England was infected with Covid - the highest since the beginn...

over 2 years ago

mirror.co.uk

Danya Bazaraa

Catching a cold could help you beat Covid - but jabs are best protection, study shows

A small study found that people with high levels of T cells - generated after infection with other coronaviruses such...

over 2 years ago

mirror.co.uk

Christmas restrictions 'unlikely', says Covid expert who backs boosters for under-50s

Professor Neil Ferguson, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), believes it is unlikely Br...

over 2 years ago

inews.co.uk

Covid vaccines lower risk of infections within households, but Delta still spreads, study shows

Imperial study one of the few to date to offer key insights into how vaccinated people can still be infected with the...

almost 3 years ago

inews.co.uk

Tom Bawden

Vaccination is less effective against Delta variant than other strains, large study suggests

Researchers put a decline in vaccine efficacy down to the dominance of Delta infections, which now make up 99 per cen...

almost 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

UK to return to normal in spring - but may see winter curbs first, warns Whitty

England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said a certain amount of infections and deaths can only be delayed and r...

almost 3 years ago

inews.co.uk

Long Covid: GPs failing to diagnosis patients leaving many missing out on treatment

More than 80 NHS clinics have already been opened dedicated to people with long Covid, but doctors need to utilise th...

almost 3 years ago

inews.co.uk

NHS braced for more 'Long Covid' patients as over 2 million people could have the condition

Women were 50 per cent more likely to report Long Covid than men, research found

almost 3 years ago

inews.co.uk

Coronavirus cases among children and young adults doubles in a month as Delta strain spreads

Imperial College London's REACT survey found that number of people aged 5-12 and 18-24 who had the virus is now more ...

almost 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

Risk of huge 3rd Covid wave with more hospitalisations and deaths, expert claims

Professor Neil Ferguson, from Imperial College London, suggested delaying the road map of easing restrictions for Eng...

almost 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

Mikey Smith

Sport events testing 'Covid passports' saw no significant rise in transmission

Bill Bush, chief exec of the Premier League, shared preliminary results of the trials - which included the FA Cup final

almost 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

Danya Bazaraa

'Glimmer of hope' as scientist says Indian variant may spread slower than feared

Professor Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, said though there was a "good deal of confiden...

almost 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

India variant 'may overwhelm NHS with 15,000 in hospital a day if rules lifted'

Scientific modelling suggests hospitalisations could rise out of control again if all restrictions are lifted with th...

about 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

No Covid third wave coming, says expert who has accurately predicted pandemic

Philip Thomas, a professor of risk management at Bristol University, his data modelling has "reconciled almost exactl...

about 3 years ago

inews.co.uk

Blood clots in people who had AstraZeneca jab raises fresh questions over vaccine for young people

The Imperial College scientist said it appears that the risk is age related - and could possibly be sex related too

about 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

Covid-sufferers can still catch Brazilian variant as missing case hunt continues

Public Health England is hunting for a person in the UK who is infected with the Brazil variant of Covid-19, which ma...

about 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

Kelly-Ann Mills

World's first study to expose volunteers to coronavirus to take place in UK

Volunteers - who will be paid to take part - are being asked to sign up for the trial which will see them deliberatel...

about 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

New Covid wave 'could kill thousands over summer if lockdown lifted too soon'

Professor Azra Ghani said Imperial College London's COVIDISM model predicts a major wave of deaths by the end of summ...

over 3 years ago

mirror.co.uk

South Africa Covid variant UK cases hit 147 but there's a 'bigger worry'

Danny Altmann, professor of immunology at Imperial College London, said "home grown" variants are the major concern f...

over 3 years ago

inews.co.uk

Covid cases increasing in the East Midlands despite lockdown restrictions

Although overall infections have flattened they are at the highest level recorded by the researchers