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• Address misinformation and mistrust to help tackle COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers, study suggests

  Date: 28 Apr 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/uk-reach-vaccine-hesitancy

  Addressing misinformation and mistrust, inclusive communication, involving healthcare workers in the vaccine rollout, and promoting vaccination...

• COVID-19: New focus on indoor ventilation needed

  Date: 15 Apr 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/covid-19-airborne-transmission

  A group of leading virologists have expressed the need for improved indoor ventilation to combat airborne transmission of COVID-19.

• Cycling study transforms heart health of dialysis patients

  Date: 8 Apr 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/cycle-hd

  Cycling at moderate intensity during dialysis could drastically improve the heart health of patients with kidney failure and result in significant...

• Deprivation is ‘driving’ Covid-19 ethnic disparities, claims new analysis

  Date: 1 Apr 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/deprivation-driving-covid-19-ethnic-disparities

  Deprivation is ‘driving’ Covid-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups and could be considered the main cause of disproportionate infection...

• Vegan diet could control blood sugar for people with type 2 diabetes

  Date: 30 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/vegan-diet

  A study supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and NIHR Applied Research...

• AI used in battle against asbestos-linked cancer

  Date: 26 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/mesothelioma

  International genomics research led by the University of Leicester has used artificial intelligence (AI) to study an aggressive form of cancer,...

• Study reveals seven in ten patients hospitalised with COVID-19 not fully recovered five months post-discharge

  Date: 24 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/covid-19-patients-not-fully-recovered

  The majority of survivors who left hospital following COVID-19 did not fully recover five months after discharge and continued to experience...

• Leicester’s Top 5 COVID research studies

  Date: 23 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/top-5-covid-research-studies

  One of the top ten Universities in the UK for COVID research has highlighted its top five research projects that have had a global impact.

• Skin swabs could detect COVID-19

  Date: 16 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/skin-swabs

  COVID-19 could be detected through non-invasive skin swab samples, new research published by the Universities of Leicester, Surrey and Manchester...

• Virtual clinical trials could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed

  Date: 5 Mar 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/in-silico-lung

  New cutting-edge research undertaken at the University of Leicester could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed and the way patients are...