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Top Long COVID symptoms revealed in global study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/long-covid-symptoms-revealed-global-study
People with Long COVID have an almost four-fold increase of losing their taste and smell compared to those without the condition, according to an international analysis of 15 million people.
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Net zero
https://le.ac.uk/sustainability/impacts/net-zero
Learn how the University of Leicester will try to achieve the goal of being net zero by 2040.
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New app launched to support estimated 175,000 people in the UK with Lynch Syndrome
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/lynch-syndrome
A new app has been launched with the help of the University of Leicester, to help people living with Lynch Syndrome to monitor and manage their condition, alongside their treating clinicians
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‘Urgent help’ is required to drive down COVID-19 death rates among ethnic minority communities
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/february/covid-19-among-ethnic-minorities
The disproportionate rates of COVID-19 related deaths among people from ethnic minorities is ‘alarming’ and requires ‘urgent attention’ researchers have said.
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Thousands of people may not be working due to Long COVID, new research shows
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/covid-working
Nearly 30,000 people in the UK may be unable to work because of Long COVID, a new study led by Leicester researchers has revealed.
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Toolkit to tackle potentially deadly opioid over prescription to be rolled out across parts of England
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/opioids-over-subscription
Leicester researchers are working with NHS partners in the East of England to lead the way in delivering the NHS’ goal of halving the amount of opioids prescribed for non-cancer pain by 2024.
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Leicester researchers identify ethnic disparities in accessing continuous glucose monitors
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/ethnic-disparities-glucose-monitoring-leicester
People from Afro-Caribbean and South Asian backgrounds are less likely to be prescribed “life-changing” diabetes technology compared to White individuals, a new study by the University of Leicester has reported
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rwatson
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/author/rrw11/
Archives and Special Collections Assistant, University of Leicester
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Genomes
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/bs2009
Module code: BS2009 This module will illustrate the techniques of modern molecular genetics that are being applied to investigate the organisation, evolution and maintenance of the integrity of genomes, and provides “hands on” experience of many of the relevant...
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Kitchen Table Research in a Pandemic
https://le.ac.uk/research/images-of-research/helen-elliott-mainwaring
Helen Elliott-Mainwaring, PhD Student has entered a piece entitled 'Kitchen Table Research in a Pandemic'