26 October 2021
The NIHR has awarded funding to the University of Oxford to carry out a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, testing novel antiviral COVID-19 treatments for use by people in the community with COVID-19 who are at higher risk of complications.
19 October 2021
An NIHR-supported study investigating Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate has reported positive results - with participants who received the VLA2001 vaccine generating high levels of neutralising antibodies against the disease.
07 October 2021
The NIHR has today launched the NIHR Population Health Career Scientist Award (PHCSA), a UK-wide initiative to enable senior researchers to make the next step to Reader/Professor level in their host institutions.
04 October 2021
One in seven cancer patients around the world have missed out on potentially life-saving operations during COVID-19 lockdowns, a new NIHR-funded study reveals.
04 October 2021
The NIHR’s annual Your Path in Research campaign launches across the UK today, aiming to inspire healthcare professionals to get involved in research, or take the next step in their research career.
02 October 2021
The risk of serious COVID-19 is very low among partially and fully vaccinated people, but vaccinated men, older people and people with multiple underlying health conditions are still at risk, according to a nationwide study in Scotland.
01 October 2021
Research funded by the NIHR has found that it is safe for people to receive a flu vaccine at the same time as a COVID-19 vaccine.
30 September 2021
New research supported by the NIHR has shown that 37% of people who experienced COVID-19 had at least one long COVID symptom in the 3-6 month period after infection.
30 September 2021
When people stop taking antidepressants after a long period of use, just over half (56%) experience a relapse within a year, compared to 39% of those who stay on medication, finds a new NIHR-funded study.
28 September 2021
NIHR has launched the Local Authority Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration, which allows eligible individuals to move between NIHR and local authority settings in either direction for short placements.
22 September 2021
The STAR trial: Planned breaks from drug treatments for kidney cancer do not have a meaningful detrimental effect on patients’ life expectancy or quality of life, NIHR-funded researchers have found.
20 September 2021
A new drug has shown promise in slowing the regrowth of tumours among some bowel cancer patients, according to new findings of a major trial funded by an NIHR and MRC partnership
20 September 2021
A tool developed by NIHR-funded researchers has been shown to accurately identify people who are at greatest risk from severe COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
16 September 2021
The NIHR has reaffirmed its commitment to public health research by awarding a third round of funding to the NIHR School for Public Health Research.
16 September 2021
The NIHR is supporting a new nation-wide research study that will investigate a novel multi-cancer early detection test, known as Galleri, in the NHS, for patients with non-specific symptoms that may be a result of cancer.
15 September 2021
Countries in Africa previously assessed as being least vulnerable to an epidemic were the worst affected by COVID-19, according to an NIHR-funded research paper published in the journal Nature Medicine.
14 September 2021
Results from the NIHR-funded UK Lung Screening Trial (UKLS), the first lung cancer computed tomography (CT) screening trial in the UK, have provided unequivocal support for lung cancer screening in identified high risk groups.
14 September 2021
A UK-wide clinical diagnostic study, funded by the NIHR, has shown how a new surveillance pathway for people with stable diabetic eye disease is safe and cost-saving, freeing up ophthalmologists to evaluate and treat people requiring urgent care.
13 September 2021
The NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) and Royal College of Physicians have announed the winners of thsi year's awards - with NHS consultants and trainee prize winners commended.
03 September 2021
The NIHR has awarded almost £12 million to new research that will use advanced data science and artificial intelligence (AI) methods to identify and understand clusters of multiple long-term conditions and develop ways to prevent and treat them.
02 September 2021
Up to one in seven children and young people who had COVID-19 may have symptoms linked to the virus 15 weeks later, suggest preliminary findings from the world’s largest study on long COVID in children.
01 September 2021
NIHR has today launched an exciting new initiative to fund public health research collaborations based in local authorities.
24 August 2021
A study, supported by a NIHR Doctoral Fellowship, has found that premature birth could be predicted sooner with a test for bacteria and chemicals in cervicovaginal fluid.
13 August 2021
An NIHR-funded, early phase trial of a drug currently used to treat lung fibrosis has shown it may also help patients with a common form of heart failure.
12 August 2021
Researchers leading an international study - jointly funded by an NIHR and Medical Research Council (MRC) partnership - have found a unique pair of gene variants that cause sudden onset high blood pressure in pregnant women.
