Researchers to track impact of lockdown on alcohol, gambling and pornography use
12 May 2020Is the lockdown leading us to drink more alcohol or spend more time gambling online or watching pornography? Researchers today launch a survey aimed at...
Moderate exercise in middle and older age cuts time spent in hospital
07 May 2020Men and women aged 40–79 are at significantly lower (25–27%) risk of long or frequent hospital admissions if they do some form of physical activity,...
Repurposing existing drugs for COVID-19 a more rapid alternative to a vaccine, say researchers
07 May 2020Repurposing existing medicines focused on known drug targets is likely to offer a more rapid hope of tackling COVID-19 than developing and manufacturing a vaccine,...
Tackling COVID-19: Dr Freya Jephcott
07 May 2020“Complex social, political, economic and ecological forces not only drive infectious disease emergence, but increase our susceptibility to epidemics when they occur,” says Freya Jephcott. Her...
Opinion: Coronavirus has intensified the UK’s digital divide
06 May 2020The coronavirus lockdown risks turning the problem of digital exclusion into a catastrophe of lost education and opportunity for the UK’s poorest and most vulnerable,...
UK public ‘most concerned’ about coronavirus – more than Spain or Italy, study suggests
06 May 2020“Risk perception” among UK population greater than in nine other countries surveyed for latest research.
‘Terrible twos’ not inevitable: with engaged parenting, happy babies can become happy toddlers
06 May 2020Parents should not feel pressured to make their young children undertake structured learning or achieve specific tasks, particularly during lockdown. A new study of children under...
Bolsonaro’s attitude to coronavirus increases ‘risky behaviour’ in Brazil
05 May 2020Study suggests that TV appearances by Bolsonaro led to millions more Brazilians ignoring social distancing in the days following broadcast.
Green COVID-19 recovery packages can boost economic growth and tackle climate change, researchers say
05 May 2020Researchers find long-term, climate-friendly stimulus policies are often superior in overall economic impact – not just in slowing global warming.
“It’s been very humbling”: returning to the clinic during the pandemic
04 May 2020It’s been decades since Professor Paul Fletcher last donned scrubs, but he now finds himself helping treat psychiatric patients, sometimes in full protective gear, and...