Author Archives: Science Media Centre
expert reaction to COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey Round 1, by ONS, LSHTM and PHE
The Office for National Statistics (ONS), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and Public Health England (PHE) have … read more
results from the COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey (SIS)
Conducted jointly by PHE, LSHTM and the ONS, the COVID-19 Schools Infection Survey assesses the role of schools in COVID-19 … read more
expert reaction to rapid COVID-19 guidance on vitamin D, published by NICE, PHE and SACN
Leading health bodies, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Public Health England (PHE) and Scientific Advisory Committee on … read more
expert reaction to opinion piece on pregnant women and COVID-19 treatment trials
An opinion piece published in The Lancet Global Health calls for the inclusion of pregnant women in COVID-19 treatment trials. … read more
expert reaction to updated guidance over the Christmas period
At a Downing Street Press Conference Boris Johnson and Chris Witty discussed updated guidance around the Christmas restrictions. Dr … read more
expert reaction to ONS release on estimating the prevalence of long COVID symptoms and COVID-19 complications
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released estimates of the prevalence and duration of long-COVID symptoms and COVID-19 complications. … read more
Q&A with scientists from COG-UK about what we know and don’t know about the ‘new variant’ of SARS-CoV-2
COG-UK is the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium and has some of the UK’s leading experts on virus genomics. We asked … read more
expert reaction to update to the HadCRUT global temperature data set, announced by The Met Office and the University of East Anglia
The Met Office and the University of East Anglia have announced a major update to key global warming temperature data … read more
expert reaction to editorial from the BMJ and Health Service Journal (HSJ) entitled ‘Covid 19: Christmas relaxation will overwhelm services’
An editorial from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and Health Service Journal (HSJ) asks the UK government to abandon plans … read more
expert reaction to ONS stats on deaths registered in England and Wales, provisional: week ending 4 December 2020
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released provisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the … read more
expert reaction to editorial on global COVID-19 vaccination program by Jeremy Farrar and Tim Cook
An editorial published in Anaesthesia looks at the global COVID-19 vaccination program. Dr Andrew Garrett, Executive Vice President of … read more
updated latest results from the REACT-1 study on COVID-19 prevalence across England
We recently heard from the REACT-1 scientists with interim results from round 7 of their study looking at virus prevalence … read more
expert reaction to preprint giving the final results from round 7 of the REACT-1 study on COVID-19 prevalence across England
A preprint, an unpublished non-peer reviewed study, reports on the latest data from the REACT-1 study on COVID-19 spread across … read more
expert reaction to London, South Essex, and South Hertfordshire to move into tier 3
It has been announced that London, South Essex, and South Hertfordshire are to move into tier 3 from the beginning … read more
expert reaction to the new variant of SARS-CoV-2
Matt Hancock announced that a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been identified in his speech to the House of Commons. … read more
expert reaction to preprint from the RECOVERY trial on the antibiotic azithromycin in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, reporting no benefit
A preprint, an unpublished non-peer reviewed study, from the RECOVERY trial, reports no benefit from azithromycin, a widely used antibiotic, … read more
expert reaction to Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by the FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, allowing it … read more
expert reaction to latest COVID-19 nowcast and forecast from the MRC Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge
The MRC Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge have released their latest nowcast and forecast of COVID-19. Prof … read more
expert reaction to paper presenting preliminary data on accuracy of the Innova Lateral Flow SARS-CoV-2 Antigen test in the Liverpool pilot
A paper prepared by scientists at the University of Liverpool and published by SAGE presents preliminary data on the accuracy … read more
expert reaction to study looking into genetic mechanisms of critical illness with COVID-19
A study published in Nature looks at genetic variants linked to the development of life-threatening illness in patients with COVID-19. … read more