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.
19 October 2020
The world’s first participants to take part in a phase 3 trial of the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine candidate were recently recruited at a new NIHR National Patient Recruitment Centre (NPRC) based in Blackpool.
16 October 2020
An update on the implementation of the Restart Framework
15 October 2020
Following a successful pilot in Surgery, the Associate Principal Investigator (PI) Scheme is now available to studies in additional specialty areas.
14 October 2020
Newly updated Cochrane evidence published today in the Cochrane Library finds that electronic cigarettes containing nicotine could increase the number of people who stop smoking compared to nicotine replacement therapy.
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.
08 October 2020
Research funded by NIHR has shown that teenagers who receive a depression diagnosis during their school career show a substantial decline in academic attainment in Year 11.
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.
04 October 2020
In celebration of James Lind's birthday, the NIHR is relaunching its signature campaign ‘Your Path in Research’. The campaign aims to inspire and support health and care professionals across all hospital and community settings to get more involved in research.
02 October 2020
Keyhole surgery is no better at treating frozen shoulder than two alternative therapies, an NIHR-funded trial published in the Lancet has found.
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.
30 September 2020
A major national study funded by NIHR has found that oral antibiotics are just as effective as intravenous antibiotics in killing a common germ that causes dangerous complications in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients.
29 September 2020
The NIHR has launched a six-week stakeholder survey as part of an ongoing review into possible changes to its open access policy for peer-reviewed publications.
14 September 2020
The NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial has announced the inclusion of a new investigational antiviral antibody treatment, REGN-COV2.
14 September 2020
An update on the implementation of the Restart Framework
14 September 2020
A new online tool, funded by NIHR, has been developed to predict the risk of adult survivors of sepsis being readmitted to hospital or dying in the first year after leaving hospital.
11 September 2020
Eight new research projects on coronavirus transmission have been awarded funding by the NIHR and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
11 September 2020
NIHR has funded a new innovatively designed clinical trial that will aim to find the best treatment for children with mild asthma.
08 September 2020
New NIHR funding is accelerating the testing of cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the NHS.
08 September 2020
A landmark trial funded and supported by NIHR has found that a common global procedure of giving anaemic patients intravenous iron therapy before major surgery gives little benefit.
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).
25 August 2020
New NIHR-funded research reveals that two procedures to treat men with an enlarged prostate gland are both effective.
21 August 2020
We are pleased to announce the Nursing Times Clinical Research Nursing Awards shortlist for 2020.