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29 July 2020
Six new projects to improve our understanding of the links between COVID-19 and ethnicity have been funded by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
20 July 2020
A new NHS service has been launched to help people sign up for information on the new COVID-19 vaccine trials.
20 July 2020
A new experimental vaccine for coronavirus induces strong immune responses in both parts of the immune system and causes few mild side effects, in promising results from a trial funded and supported by the NIHR.
07 July 2020
New guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sets out the process by which non-NHS organisations that have loaned/redeployed research staff to the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic can recover the cost.
05 July 2020
The Health and Social Care Secretary has announced the launch of a major £8.4 million research study into the long-term health effects of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients, which has been funded by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation.
30 June 2020
The research team at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, led by Dr Manu Shankar-Hari, has recruited the world’s first patient to the ILIAD-7 trial sponsored by RevImmune Inc.
29 June 2020
A review of published research on COVID-19 antibody tests show that the tests are most effective at detecting whether someone has had the disease two or more weeks after their symptoms started.
24 June 2020
Testing for coronavirus infection could become quicker, more convenient and more accurate, following the launch of a multicentre national programme of research that will evaluate how new diagnostic tests perform in different health and care settings.
23 June 2020
New research funded by NIHR could help to protect people most at risk from COVID-19, by developing a new way to predict who should be shielding from the virus.
22 June 2020
A new NIHR funded study suggests COVID-19 patients with extremely high levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their blood are more likely to deteriorate quickly.
16 June 2020
Clinical researchers are this week set to begin the first human trials of a new coronavirus vaccine developed with support from the NIHR.
16 June 2020
The NIHR-funded and supported study RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) has today announced that the steroid dexamethasone has been identified as the first drug to improve survival rates in certain coronavirus patients.
15 June 2020
The RECOVERY-RS trial is rolling out across the UK, looking to identify safe and effective alternatives to treatment using a ventilator.
15 June 2020
The NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have announced an evolution in their funding of COVID-19 research, having awarded more than £32 million into urgent research to tackle the acute phase of the pandemic.
12 June 2020
Over 100,000 UK participants have now enrolled in COVID-19 urgent public health research supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) - at NHS hospitals and care settings across the United Kingdom.
12 June 2020
A study supported by the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre and the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Modelling Methodology estimates national lockdowns have saved more than three million lives in Europe.
11 June 2020
The NIHR and NICE have developed a guide on clinical evidence generation for developers of medicinal products for COVID-19.
11 June 2020
A new UK-wide clinical trial, offering an innovative cell therapy treatment for COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure has recruited its first patients, supported by NIHR.
09 June 2020
The NIHR is today launching a new call inviting applications to better understand and manage the health and social care consequences of the global COVID-19 pandemic beyond the acute phase, to help mitigate the impact of subsequent phases of the pandemic and its aftermath.
04 June 2020
The first four arms of ACCORD have now recruited and enrolled COVID-19 patients. Recruitment is ongoing and is being encouraged across sites in the UK as each arm seeks to enroll around 60 patients.
03 June 2020
The NIHR is ramping up its support for research on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health, by seeking to fund new research on the acute mental health effects of the pandemic and offering priority delivery support for research on severe mental health problems.
29 May 2020
A new treatment is available to patients in the NHS following the successful results of trials being conducted in the UK using the anti-viral drug remdesivir.
28 May 2020
A UK-wide group of clinical academic trainee funders, including the National Institute for Health Research, has developed a series of principles to support those returning to clinical academic roles.
21 May 2020
Working towards the restoration of a diverse and active portfolio of research funded and/or supported by the NIHR
19 May 2020
A new trial to prevent organ failure and death in COVID-19 patients has been launched, supported by the NIHR.