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• Global COVID-19 study finds higher infection risk was main driver of ethnic inequality

  Date: 6 Mar 2023

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/covid

  A major new global study has found that higher rates of severe illness and death among ethnic minority groups during the pandemic was largely...

• Nearly half of COVID-19 survivors experience continuous symptoms, global research finds

  Date: 2 Dec 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/long-covid

  More than 40 per cent of COVID-19 survivors experience symptoms of the virus four months after first being infected.

• International type 2 diabetes prevention drive suggested by COVID-19 review

  Date: 8 Nov 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/diabetes-covid

  An international drive to highlight to the importance of prevention of diabetes has been proposed following a review in the wake of the pandemic.

• Leicester team secures funding for research collaboration to improve patient safety

  Date: 17 Oct 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/psrc-funding

  A team involving University of Leicester researchers is one of just six to be awarded a share of £25 million.

• University of Leicester shortlisted for four Higher Education ‘Oscars’

  Date: 5 Sep 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/september/the-awards-shortlisting

  The University of Leicester has been nominated for four Times Higher Education Awards.

• Health inequalities among ethnic groups have increased since pandemic, evidence shows

  Date: 11 Aug 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/august/diabetes-inequalities

  Existing health disparities amongst ethnic minorities with diabetes have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study published in the...

• Leicester health research recognised among best in the UK

  Date: 18 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/ref-clinical-medicine

  Health research enabled by partnership between the University of Leicester and both the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and...

• Large-scale study suggests under 45s and women more likely to gain weight and jump a BMI category during COVID-19 lockdown

  Date: 6 May 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/covid-bmi

  A large-scale study of almost a million UK adults led by Leicester researchers has revealed that under 45s and women were more likely to gain...

• Study sheds light on how COVID-19 and blood glucose levels increase in-hospital cardiovascular and renal problems

  Date: 18 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/covid-glucose

  People admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are more at risk of developing cardiovascular and renal complications if they have low or high blood...

• Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities

  Date: 2 Feb 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity

  A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in...