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People given 'friendly' bacteria in nose drops protected against meningitis
A world-first trial has shown that nose drops of modified 'friendly' bacteria protect against meningitis. Led by Professor Robert Read...
Jul 12, 2021
Lab tests show Southampton antiviral effective against COVID-19 variants
Lab tests have shown a promising antiviral treatment to be effective against the Alpha and Beta COVID-19 variants. Southampton-led...
Jun 10, 2021
Southampton leads world-first COVID-19 vaccine booster study
Volunteers from Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth will soon be able to receive a third ‘booster’ COVID-19 vaccine through a new...
May 20, 2021
First COVID-19 vaccine study for pregnant women launches in Southampton
The first COVID-19 vaccine study in the UK recruiting pregnant women has been launched across several National Institute of Health...
May 19, 2021
Pregnant teenagers and their midwives need support to discuss healthy eating
Diet in pregnancy has significant impact on baby’s development and lifelong health. Pregnant teenagers’ diets are amongst the least...
May 17, 2021
Adolescence is a window of opportunity for improving health literacy
A study by the University of Southampton has shown its LifeLab programme, aimed at improving adolescent health through hands-on learning,...
May 12, 2021
One third of patients hospitalised with severe COVID-19 still have lung changes after a year
A new study has shown that most patients discharged from hospital after experiencing severe COVID-19 infection appear to return to full...
May 7, 2021
Nutritional supplement taken before and during pregnancy cuts preterm births
A Southampton study has shown that use of a nutritional supplement before and during pregnancy did not influence the mother’s blood sugar...
Apr 30, 2021
Volunteers needed for latest UK COVID-19 vaccine study launched in Southampton
Volunteers from the Southampton area are being asked to sign up to the latest COVID-19 vaccine study to be rolled out across the UK. The...
Apr 28, 2021
First study into prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms amongst high-risk children
Children with weakened immune systems have not shown a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 infection despite commonly displaying...
Apr 26, 2021
Drug trial seeks volunteers with COVID-19 symptoms
Researchers at University Hospital Southampton are looking for volunteers with COVID-19 symptoms to take part in a new trial of a...
Apr 26, 2021
9 in 10 respond to Valneva COVID-19 vaccine in early trials
Valneva’s inactivated whole virus COVID-19 vaccine is scheduled to enter large scale trials later this month after it was shown to be...
Apr 9, 2021
Helping teens develop their own answers to the coronavirus lockdown
Southampton researchers have opened a study working with young people to better understand how COVID-19 restrictions are affecting them...
Apr 7, 2021
Study aims to optimise care for those hospitalised with COVID-19
Southampton nurses part of the national COVID-NURSE study will assess new approaches to caring for COVID-19 patients, to inform new...
Mar 19, 2021
First arm of ACCORD clinical trial platform completes patient recruitment
ACCORD – a Phase 2, clinical trial platform designed to rapidly test candidate drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 – has completed...
Mar 12, 2021
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