13 January 2021
Mindfulness training can help reduce anxiety, depression and stress and increase overall wellbeing, particularly among those at greatest risk, according to NIHR research.
13 January 2021
This new NIHR funding competition invites Royal Colleges and other standard setting bodies to apply for funding to develop new e-learning resources.
11 January 2021
The number of people seeking help for mental illness or self-harm during April 2020, while the UK was in full lockdown, dropped by more than a third, according to NIHR-funded research.
09 January 2021
Researchers have developed a new risk stratification tool that can accurately predict the likelihood of deterioration in adults hospitalised with COVID-19.
08 January 2021
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has today published its analysis of the way the Government has received, and applied, scientific evidence and advice during the first period of the coronavirus pandemic.
07 January 2021
Patients across the UK who are admitted to intensive care units due to COVID-19 are set to receive a treatment that can reduce the time spent in hospital by up to 10 days, an international study supported by the National Institute for Health Research has found.
30 December 2020
The Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca for people in the UK.
29 December 2020
A study led by NIHR-funded researchers investigating ways to reduce the impacts of gambling-related harms are today published in the Lancet
25 December 2020
The world’s first participant in a new antibody treatment study to protect against COVID-19 has been recruited at the University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust.
22 December 2020
Three clinical trial platforms working together to test the effects of full doses of anticoagulants (blood thinners) in COVID-19 patients have paused enrollment for one group of patients.
21 December 2020
People who experience symptoms of depression are more likely to develop heart disease or suffer a stroke than those who have good mental health, according to research supported by the NIHR.
19 December 2020
The NIHR has published data on participation in COVID-19 urgent public health research by ethnicity - highlighting the importance of people of all ethnicities being represented in studies.
17 December 2020
One of the commonly used treatments for chronic subdural haematoma – the build-up of ‘old’ blood in the space between the brain and the skull, usually as a result of minor head injury – could lead to a worse outcome than receiving no medication, suggests new research funded by the NIHR.
16 December 2020
A survey to investigate the social contact patterns and physical distancing behaviours of university staff and students has shown that the majority of students are complying with government social distancing measures
16 December 2020
A UK developed vaccine, pioneered by biotech company Valneva and the only one so far to use an inactive version of the virus, is to be trialled in the UK.
15 December 2020
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has announced its latest cohort of NIHR Research Professors and NIHR Global Research Professors.
14 December 2020
The NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial has found no clinical benefit from the antibiotic azithromycin for hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19.
11 December 2020
Researchers supported by NIHR have identified potential treatments for Covid-19 after the discovery of five genes associated with the most severe form of the disease.
10 December 2020
The NIHR has funded nine new research projects to help us to better manage current and future waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and investigate its long-term impact on society and the health and care system.
08 December 2020
Data from the NIHR-funded and supported ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019 vaccine, developed by University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, have today become the first Phase 3 trial results of a coronavirus vaccine to be published in peer-review literature
08 December 2020
Ethnic minority healthcare workers are more likely to have built up antibodies to COVID-19, a team of NIHR-supported researchers have found.
05 December 2020
Over six hundred thousand participants have now taken part in NIHR-supported urgent public health research into Covid-19, in just over eight months.
01 December 2020
Community nurses from across the nation, led by a group of NIHR 70@70 senior nurse research leaders, are launching a new project to give patients, carers and healthcare professionals the opportunity to have their say about the future of community nursing research.
30 November 2020
The NIHR-supported Novavax Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial has achieved its recruitment target just two months after opening in the UK - with 15,203 volunteers from across the country recruited in record time.
27 November 2020
An online survey by NIHR researchers looking at attitudes to having a future COVID-19 vaccination found that 64% of people would be likely to have a COVID-19 vaccination when one became available.