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    • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Covid vaccines: how can immune imprinting help experts to rethink jabs?

      More than two years into the pandemic, people have acquired different levels of immunity through infections and shots

    • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
      Climate change
      Imperial College London to set up centre to help decarbonise aviation

      Institute established with £25mn donation will examine all aspects of sector, from fuel to airport infrastructure

    • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
      Scientific research
      Imperial College reinforces European links with French partnership

      Threat of UK exclusion from EU research may prompt other universities to establish bilateral links

    • Sunday, 13 February, 2022
      MBA
      How to make your MBA application stand out

      Admissions directors offer practical tips on what to do — and what to avoid

    • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
      Coronavirus treatment
      Covid sufferers become infectious quicker than first thought, study shows

      Findings follow the first trial in which volunteers were deliberately infected with virus

    • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
      Coronavirus
      UK reports record 106,000 coronavirus cases

      Boris Johnson coming under pressure to clarify whether England faces post-Christmas restrictions

    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
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      ‘No evidence’ Omicron less severe than Delta, say UK researchers

      Weekend emergency meeting of ministers set to look at ‘pretty bleak’ data after third record day of new cases

    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Vaccines reduce risk of Delta infection in the home by about a third

      UK scientists warn that unvaccinated people cannot rely on close contacts who have been jabbed to protect them

    • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
      Coronavirus
      England’s Covid experiment: can jabs counter fast-rising infections?

      Ministers are banking on vaccines’ ‘protective wall’ to enable the lifting of restrictions

    • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
      A psychedelic guide to wellbeing
      Advances in psychedelics could change investors’ minds

      Potential treatments for addiction and mental illnesses are gathering pace

    • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
      Ara Darzi
      Antibody screening could transform Covid-19 vaccine distribution

      Testing may enable wealthy nations to donate their booster shots to help the poorest countries

    • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
      A psychedelic guide to wellbeing
      Microdosing study shows placebo effect of taking psychedelics

      UK research into LSD consumption reveals expectation of improved wellbeing drives transformation

    • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
      Medical science
      World’s first trial of deliberate coronavirus infection is approved

      Challenge study in London will provide platform for future vaccine development

    • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
      Coronavirus
      England lockdown starts to suppress Covid-19, study suggests

      Imperial College London data show rate of infection close to stable or falling slightly

    • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Imperial College to target coronavirus mutations

      London university ditches plans for efficacy trial to focus on developing next-generation jabs

    • Tuesday, 5 January, 2021
      Coronavirus
      More infectious Covid variant forces review of UK workplace guidance

      B.1.1.7 virus is estimated to be between 60 and 70 per cent more transmissible

    • Friday, 1 January, 2021
      Coronavirus
      Covid variant spread rapidly in England even during lockdown, study finds

      Government caves in to demands and closes all London primary schools in latest U-turn

    • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
      Coronavirus treatment
      Arthritis drug offers hope for severely ill Covid patients

      Scientists optimistic it can be added to armoury of treatments for most critically sick

    • Tuesday, 27 October, 2020
      Coronavirus treatment
      Covid-19 herd immunity theory dealt blow by UK research

      Testing of more than 350,000 people shows that antibodies fade within few months

    • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
      Coronavirus treatment
      Volunteers to be infected with coronavirus in world’s first ‘human challenge’ trials

      Up to 90 fit people aged 18-30 in London will be deliberately infected with virus in effort to accelerate vaccine development

    • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
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      Growth in coronavirus infections is slowing in England, survey suggests

      Study signals that curbs are having an effect as government announces further restrictions in north

    • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
      The companies coping with Covid-19
      Treasury enters realm of venture investing with AI start-up Monolith

      East London-based company secures emergency funding in just 48 hours after pandemic led to orders drying up

    • Wednesday, 10 June, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Earlier lockdown could have halved UK deaths, says PM’s ex-adviser

      Neil Ferguson of Imperial College says imposing coronavirus restrictions a week before would have drastically reduced toll

    • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
      FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
      Is the “science” behind the lockdown any good?

      (Spoiler: it’s a lot better than nothing. But it should not be followed at the expense of all else.)

    • Saturday, 23 May, 2020
      Coronavirus
      ‘Politicised nature’ of lockdown debate delays Imperial report

      Neil Ferguson’s team has sent modelling findings to government but not released them to the public

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