Author Archives: Science Media Centre
expert reaction to study looking at tocilizumab in patients hospitalised in the US with COVID-19 pneumonia
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) looks at tocilizumab in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia. … read more
expert reaction to study looking at REGN-COV2, a neutralising antibody cocktail, and outpatients with COVID-19 in the US
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) looks at the neutralising antibody cocktail, REGN-COV-2, in outpatients … read more
expert comment on Test and Trace data
A comment from Professor Sheila Bird on the NHS Test and Trace statistics. Prof Sheila Bird, Formerly Programme Leader, … read more
expert reaction to announcement of changes to tiers in England which will come into force on Saturday 19 December
The latest update to England’s regional tiers has been announced today by Matt Hancock. Prof Rowland Kao, Royal (Dick) … read more
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