21 October 2020
A model that can calculate a person’s risk of becoming infected and then seriously ill due to COVID-19 has been shown to accurately estimate risk during the first wave of the pandemic in England, in new research funded by the NIHR.
16 October 2020
The NIHR, in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has announced 12 new research projects specifically aimed at tackling the multiple health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in low and middle income countries.
15 October 2020
The NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination has today published its first dynamic themed review of the scientific evidence on, and lived experience of, long-term ‘ongoing’ COVID-19.
13 October 2020
Researchers today have called on more volunteers from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and the over 65s to participate in vital COVID-19 clinical studies to ensure that any vaccines developed will work for as many people as possible.
12 October 2020
The NIHR today issued guidance to protect both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 research during a ‘second wave’ of high COVID-19 activity.
10 October 2020
Six new research projects have been funded by the NIHR and UKRI to investigate and reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.
09 October 2020
Patients of Black ethnicity have an increased risk of requiring hospital admission for COVID-19, while patients of Asian ethnicity have an increased risk of dying in hospital from COVID-19, NIHR researchers have found.
07 October 2020
The NIHR and UK Research and Innovation have awarded £1.2 million to support development of an innovative online programme to improve and personalise care for people with dementia in care homes, which have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 crisis.
01 October 2020
Over 200,000 participants from across the UK have now taken part in NIHR-supported urgent public health research into Covid-19 - just six months after the first studies opened for recruitment.
17 September 2020
A 90-minute on-the-spot test for COVID-19 that is performed in a device smaller than a mobile phone has been shown to be highly accurate, in new research supported by the NIHR.
14 September 2020
The NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial has announced the inclusion of a new investigational antiviral antibody treatment, REGN-COV2.
14 September 2020
A new clinical study will explore the effects of administering COVID-19 vaccines as inhaled airborne droplets – similar to how inhaled asthma medications are delivered – rather than by injection into muscle.
11 September 2020
Eight new research projects on coronavirus transmission have been awarded funding by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
10 September 2020
People who are admitted to hospital with COVID-19 can be divided into four distinct risk groups and offered treatment accordingly, show data from the world’s largest study of patients with the disease.
02 September 2020
Four papers published today on the use of corticosteroids to treat COVID-19 have reinforced evidence that outcomes for severely affected patients can be significantly improved by using these inexpensive and widely available drugs, with one paper suggesting the risk of death can be reduced by up to 20%.
28 August 2020
Three new UK-wide research studies to help understand immune responses to the novel coronavirus have been awarded £8.4 million from the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
20 August 2020
The UK’s four Chief Medical Officers and NHS England and Improvements’ National Medical Director have written a joint letter to every NHS trust in the country urging them to continue to recruit high numbers of COVID-19 patients into the RECOVERY trial.
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.