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• Study seeking to find first medication for Long COVID welcomes first participant

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/april/covid-medication

  Researchers in Leicester have welcomed the first patient living with inflammatory Long COVID onto a study testing the effectiveness of tocilizumab at relieving their symptoms.

• Exciting placebo research to be unveiled at literary event

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/placebo

  Ground-breaking research into the study of placebos will be discussed at an event at the University of Leicester's Attenborough Film Theatre celebrating some of the UK’s most exciting writers

• COVID-19 death rates among ethnic minorities

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/covid-ethnic-minorities

  Exploring the disproportionate rates of COVID-19 related deaths among people from ethnic minorities.

• Study finds women experiencing delay in labour are willing to forsake their own birth plans

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/study-finds-women-experiencing-delay-in-labour-are-willing-to-forsake-their-own-birth-plans

  A new study of women’s experiences of delay in labour has revealed that many mums-to-be are prepared to abandon their antenatal plans for how they wanted their labours and births to be.

• Community and activism

  https://le.ac.uk/centenary/our-100/community-activism

  Learn about the University's role in the community and in activism as we reveal our rich history in Our 100.

• French Conversation Elementary A2+

  https://le.ac.uk/languages-at-leicester/languages/french/french-conversation-elementary

  Spanish Conversational Course at Leicester University

• University backs the standard of childrens cardiac surgery at local hospital

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/july/university-backs-the-standard-of-children2019s-cardiac-surgery-at-local-hospital

  The Head of the College of Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology, and the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester have issued a joint statement in support of the local authorities and clinicians working together to keep surgery for children...

• Disturbed sleep may partially explain Long COVID breathlessness, find researchers

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/covid-and-sleep

  A major UK study has discovered that the disturbed sleep patterns in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 was likely to be a driver of breathlessness

• Experts warn mothers and babies at growing risk without better care for type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/march/diabetes-pregnancy-health-risk-leicester

  Researchers from across the UK including Leicester are calling for urgent action to improve care for women with early-onset type 2 diabetes before, during and after pregnancy

• Epilepsy can lead to earlier deaths in people with intellectual disabilities

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/december/epilepsy-earlier-deaths-intellectual-disabilities

  |A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, a study has shown. Around 1.