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People with mild Covid are likely to be infectious for five days, study suggests

The research is the first to reveal how long infectiousness lasts after coronavirus infection in the community.

The Independent UK

Thanks to Brexit, I lost a €2.5m research grant. I fear for the future of UK science

Britain has jeopardised research and made itself far less attractive to overseas scientists, says José R Penadés, a professor at Imperial College London

The Guardian - UK

Leading university and business school paid more than £700k via Russian bank days after Ukraine invasion

Exclusive: Imperial College London and London Business School condemned for accepting nearly £15m in less than a decade

The Independent UK

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Omicron is considered a milder coronavirus, but scientists aren’t so sure

For more than two years, Cathy Baron and Sara Alicia Costa managed to duck the coronavirus. But despite their being fully vaccinated and boosted, the omicron variant finally caught them.

Los Angeles Times

Imperial College London concerned over ‘phallic’ Antony Gormley sculpture

The six-metre tall sculpture ‘ALERT’ has been deemed inappropriate

Evening Standard

Students are trying to block the erection of a sculpture over its 'phallic' shape

Students at Imperial College London are trying to block the installation of a sculpture by Sir Anthony Gormley over concerns that its shape could be seen as 'phallic'

Daily Mirror

Antony Gormley’s ‘phallic’ statue may damage our reputation, say students

Imperial College Union motion says students should have been consulted on work, due to ‘obvious’ erect penis interpretation

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Expert warns three-quarters of school lunches are made up of junk food

Scientists have urged parents to swap unhealthy junk food with nutritious alternatives, after a recent study revealed 83 percent of calories in school lunches come from highly processed foods

Daily Mirror

'It's just summer, snowflake': BBC and Met Office weather forecasters reveal heatwave trolling

Misinformation and abuse as UK sweltered in record temperatures

Wales Online

Temperatures of 40C in the UK ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

Met Office chief scientist says he ‘wasn’t expecting to see this in my career’ as temperature climbs above 40C for the first time ever.

The Independent UK

‘The way it’s playing out is unexpected’: UK faces up to changing waves of Covid

As infections soar in the third major wave this year, experts say Covid may never settle into a seasonal cycle

The Guardian - UK

Heatwaves ‘more frequent, longer and hotter’ due to climate change

Scientist have said ‘heatwaves kill’ and warned that the UK needs to urgently adapt to a future with higher summer temperatures.

The Independent UK

England appoints first ever women's health ambassador – here's what she should focus on

The government recently appointed Dame Lesley Regan, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Imperial College London, as the first women’s health ambassador for England. The new role has been created to help close the gender health gap.

The Conversation

Covid vaccines saved 20 million lives in year - but slow rollout saw 600k die

Almost two-thirds of the world's population has now received at least one dose since the first Covid-19 vaccine was administered outside of a clinical trial

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The Independent UK

UK among worst offenders in G7 vaccine supply failures ‘which led to 600,000 preventable deaths’

With days left until Britain reaches the deadline to fulfil its 100 million dose pledge, only 39 per cent have actually been delivered

Daily Record

Covid vaccines saved 20million lives across globe in one year, study finds

Around 66 per cent of the global has received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine.

The Guardian - UK

Covid vaccines cut global death toll by 20m in first year, study finds

First major analysis examines impact across 185 countries since first jab was administered in December 2020

Wales Online

Covid jabs 'saved 20 million lives in one year'

New estimates gauge success of vaccine programme worldwide

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The Independent UK

Covid jabs ‘saved 20 million lives in one year’

The first vaccine was administered in the UK on December 8 2020.

Evening Standard

Imperial College’s multi-million pound research bid to make air travel pollution free

Engineers and scientists at a top London university are working on a radical scheme to find out how to make air-travel pollution free.

The Independent UK

Single brain scan could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, study suggests

With no cure for Alzheimer’s, an early diagnosis allows patients to access help and support.

The Guardian - UK

Scientists harness light therapy to target and kill cancer cells in world first

Exclusive: experts believe new form of photoimmunotherapy may become fifth major cancer treatment

Chronicle Live

People who contract Covid Omicron variant can be infected with same strain again

The findings come from a new study by scientists at the Imperial College London which has just been published

Wales Online

People infected with Covid Omicron variant 'not immune from contracting it again'

That's according to the findings of a new study by scientists at the Imperial College London

Evening Standard

People who caught Omicron not protected from catching it again, Imperial College London study finds

The findings shatter a common assumption that people who had Omicron will better fend off re-infection

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