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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have used data from UK Biobank participants to look at changes to the brain on average 4.5 months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial has demonstrated that baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory treatment normally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, reduces the risk of death when given to hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new analysis from Oxford Population Health has found that pregnant women that are 30 years old or more, overweight, of mixed ethnicity or have gestational diabetes have a greater risk of contracting severe COVID-19, which poses significant risks for both mother and baby.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe wide-ranging effects of Long COVID and the associated issues for healthcare providers have been revealed in a new review of the major studies into the condition, which specifically highlights the impact of Long COVID on the cardiovascular system.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nINTERCOVID-2022: The University of Oxford is to launch the 2022 round of the global study to evaluate the effects of Covid-19 variants and vaccination in pregnancy.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford's Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert has been named a Laureate of the 5th Sunhak Peace Prize for her efforts to protect global health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new \u00a31.6m collaborative project has been launched to rapidly identify new treatments for COVID-19.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers have identified abnormalities in the lungs of long COVID patients who are experiencing breathlessness that cannot be detected with routine tests.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford researchers are seeking participants for a trial to discover what happens when people who have either already had Covid-19 or who have been vaccinated are exposed to the original strain of virus.
\n \n\n\n \n 19 January 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from Oxford\u2019s Department of Experimental Psychology and Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have shown that people who have had Covid but don\u2019t complain of long Covid symptoms in daily life nevertheless can show degraded attention and memory for up to 6-9 months.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSince the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been dramatic reductions in hospital admissions for common and severe childhood infections in England, most likely due to social distancing measures, school and workplace closures, and travel restrictions, finds a study published by The BMJ today.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford\u2019s vaccine manufacturing research team has today published a pre-print paper demonstrating the feasibility of a step change in the speed and volume of production of adenovirus-vectored vaccines against new virus variants or other future pandemics.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA proof-of-concept trial involving Oxford researchers has identified a drug that may benefit some patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nPeople who were hospitalised with COVID-19 and continued to experience symptoms five months later, show limited further recovery one year after hospital discharge according to the latest results of a major national study.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have analysed the impact of the Omicron COVID-19 variant of concern on one of the immune responses generated by vaccination.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe world\u2019s largest clinical trial investigating treatments for COVID-19 has now launched in South Africa, with the first patient recruited today. This is the fifth country to take part in RECOVERY, joining Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Sa\u00efd Professorship of Vaccinology, Jenner Institute & Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, delivered the 44th Richard Dimbleby Lecture, named after the late broadcaster, Richard Dimbleby.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFollowing up first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines with second doses of the Moderna or Novavax jabs will generate robust immune responses against COVID-19, according to researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFour researchers from the University of Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to immunology with Honorary Lifetime Membership of the British Society for Immunology, with the awards being announced at the recent British Society for Immunology Congress held in Edinburgh.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCoronavirus researchers from across Medical Sciences have been honoured at the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.
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