Author Archives: Science Media Centre
expert reaction to preprint looking at cellular responses six months after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a group of non-hospitalised individuals
A preprint, an un-published non-peer reviewed paper, looks at cellular responses six months after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a group of … read more
expert reaction to a report from the Institute of Global Change with Tony Blair commenting on therapeutic drugs being used to treat all coronavirus patients in hospital at serious risk of illness
A report has been posted by the Institute of Global Change in which Tony Blair comments on therapeutic drugs being … read more
expert reaction to Prime Minister’s announcement of a new national lockdown for England to come in to place from next Thursday until 2nd December
The government have announced new lockdown restrictions for England, which they plan to implement from next Thursday, to help slow … read more
expert reaction to media reports that Government will announce a move back into lockdown
It has been reported that the government will soon announce a new national lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. … read more
expert reaction to SPI-M document mentioning that in England we are breaching the number of infections and hospital admissions in the Reasonable Worst Case planning scenario that is based on COVID-S’s winter planning strategy
The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (SPI-M-O) have released a consensus statement on COVID-19, mentioning that, in … read more
expert reaction to Regeneron statement announcing a pause in recruitment of COVID-19 patients with high oxygen requirements to the REGN-COV2 trial
Regeneron have announced a pause in the recruitment of COVID-19 patients with high oxygen requirements to their REGN-COV2 antibody cocktail … read more
expert reaction to preprint by an economist looking at Eat Out to Help Out scheme and COVID-19 spread
A preprint, an unpublished non-peer reviewed paper, by an economist at the University of Warwick looks at the Eat Out … read more
expert reaction to latest R number and growth rate estimates published by the government
The government have released the latest estimates for the COVID-19 growth rate and R value. Prof Kevin McConway, Emeritus … read more
expert reaction to latest data from the ONS COVID-19 Infection Survey
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released the latest data from their COVID-19 Infection Survey. Prof Kevin McConway, Emeritus Professor … read more
expert reaction to latest Test and Trace Figures for England for the week 15 – 21 October
The government have released the latest statistics from the COVID-19 Test and Trace system. Prof Kevin McConway, Emeritus Professor … read more
expert reaction to an IPBES workshop report on biodiversity and pandemics
A report published online by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) looks at the link between … read more
expert reaction to latest COVID-19: nowcast and forecast, by the University of Cambridge MRC Biostatistics Unit
The MRC Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge have released their latest nowcast and forecast of COVID-19. Prof … read more
latest interim results from the REACT-1 study on COVID-19 spread across England
This briefing covered the latest interim data from the largest community coronavirus testing programme, REACT. This batch of data is … read more
expert reaction to preprint giving the interim results from round 6 of the REACT-1 study on COVID-19 spread 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 nested case-control studies on HRT and risk of breast cancer
A new study published in The BMJ suggests new estimates of breast cancer risks associated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) … read more
expert reaction to opinion piece and literature review on key challenges for assessing clinical efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines
A review piece, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, looked at the challenges in assessing the clinical efficacy of vaccines … read more
the Platform Randomised trial of INterventions against COVID-19 In older peoPLE (PRINCIPLE) trial
PRINCIPLE is a nationwide, randomised controlled trial run by scientists at the University of Oxford to evaluate potential COVID-19 treatments … read more
Q&A on new COVID Response Evaluation Dashboard (COVID RED)
Researchers at UCL have developed a new data visualisation dashboard for COVID-19 – the i-sense COVID Response Evaluation Dashboard (COVID … read more
expert reaction to news from Moderna that the MHRA are reportedly to begin a rolling review of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Moderna have announced that the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is to begin a rolling review of … read more
expert reaction to Coronavirus Infection Survey: characteristics of people testing positive for COVID-19 in England (October), as published by ONS
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released their monthly report on the Coronavirus Infection Survey looking at characteristics of … read more