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Pregnant women support Group B strep vaccine study to prevent baby deaths
Southampton researchers are inviting pregnant women to help study a new vaccine that would protect their baby from potentially...
Jul 10, 2022
Scientists use tadpoles to discover new children’s genetic disease
Tadpoles have helped researchers identify a new genetic disease that affects children's brain development. The condition is so new it...
Jul 1, 2022
Southampton public health practitioner urges ‘step change’ to prevent obesity in national review
“Going forward a step change is needed to look at interventions to prevent obesity as part of a whole system and not in isolation.”...
Jun 28, 2022
More efficient method shown to take and analyse blood gas
Southampton researchers have demonstrated a safer and faster way of taking arterial blood gas samples from patients in intensive care...
Jun 23, 2022
Whooping cough ‘human challenge’ study in quest for new and more effective vaccine
Volunteers will trial a new way to prevent whooping cough in a study launching in Southampton, following a sharp rise in cases in recent...
Jun 23, 2022
New £2.2 million study to use AI to prevent multiple long-term health conditions
Southampton researchers will lead a new project to help prevent people from developing multiple, burdensome, long-term conditions at an...
Jun 22, 2022
COVID-19 study supports flexible intervals between Pfizer and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses
Southampton researchers have helped show a greater immune response occurs if two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Oxford-AstraZeneca...
Jun 14, 2022
Southampton professor receives MBE at Windsor Castle
Professor Keith Godfrey has received his MBE, awarded for services to medicine during the COVID-19 response. He was presented the honour...
Jun 9, 2022
Southampton professor receives OBE in Queen’s Jubilee Honours for COVID-19 vaccine research
Professor Saul Faust has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Jubilee Honours List. The Consultant Paediatrician at University Hospital...
Jun 5, 2022
Com-COV vaccine study to analyse third dose options for 12 to 15 year olds
Researchers in Southampton have launched a new study of COVID-19 vaccine schedules in young people. Comparing different boosters and doses...
May 29, 2022
COVID-19 vaccine after infection reduces risk of Long Covid
A new study involving Southampton’s Dr Nisreen Alwan suggests vaccination could help people with Long Covid. There is evidence that shows...
May 26, 2022
Voice analysis could help spot signs of worsening asthma
Asthma patients could one day use a smartphone app to manage their condition, after Southampton researchers used voice recordings to...
May 26, 2022
Professor Cyrus Cooper listed as top medicine scientist in UK
A new list of top medicine scientists has ranked Southampton’s Prof Cyrus Cooper number one in the UK. This first edition of top...
May 19, 2022
Southampton to lead 2.2m Natasha trial to treat people living with food allergies
Southampton researchers will lead a major new nationwide trial, funded by a charity set up by Natasha Ednan-Laperouse’s parents, to treat...
May 17, 2022
Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose provides strong immunity boost, shows UK study
COVID-19 vaccines given as fourth doses in the UK offer excellent boosting immunity protection, according to the latest results from a...
May 12, 2022
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