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“During previous outbreaks of monkeypox, patients were considered infectious until all lesions crusted over. In these seven UK cases, viral shedding was observed for at least three weeks following infection,” said Dr Catherine Houlihan (UCL Infection & Immunity).
Inequality is linked to more greenhouse gas emissions and tackling inequality is an integral part of combatting climate change, argues a new study by researchers at UCL and Salem State University, Massachusetts.
Almost two-thirds (64%) of intensive care staff may have experienced a mental health disorder during the Covid-19 winter surge last year, according to a new study led by researchers from UCL and King’s College London.
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Jonathan Rogers (UCL Psychiatry) describes new research explores what some people experiencing catatonia feel and think that overwhelms them to the point of being unable to move.
A blood test could screen children for juvenile-onset Huntington’s disease, reports a new UCL-led study, ahead of a larger trial of an at-home finger prick test for the condition.
A large-scale study, led by UCL and funded by the European Commission, will use data from 23 countries to detect and better understand emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, with the aim of supporting countries’ responses to Covid-19 and future pandemics.
Members of the public are being asked to examine and evaluate high-resolution images of the potentially blinding eye condition, uveitis, as part of a UCL-led project aimed at ensuring children with the disease are diagnosed and treated far more quickly.
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Seirian Sumner (UCL Biosciences) shares some of the wildest and most shocking facts about solitary wasps, borrowed from her new book “Endless forms: The secret world of wasps.”
Professor Dame Jane Dacre (UCL Medical School) is leading an independent Parliamentary review evaluating the UK Government’s commitments to improve the health and social care workforce in England.
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Ilan Kelman (UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction) argues that the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change needs to engage more with science policy and policy makers to remain relevant.
