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Five Years Since The Pandemic: Expert Commentators from The University of Warwick

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT

In early March 2020, the World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. On the 23rd of March, the UK went into lockdown. Five years on experts from The University of Warwick are reflecting on the impact of the pandemic from a range of perspectives from medicine to arts and culture.

After the End: Is it time to start rethinking endings in global health emergencies?

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT

A new initiative set to improve the way in which we end global health emergencies has launched to critically examine how endings are determined.

International Lawyer from the University of Warwick calls for fairness in WHO Pandemic Treaty Talks

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:30:00 GMT

As the World Health Organization (WHO) pushes for countries to seal the Pandemic Treaty by May this year, researchers at the University of Warwick and Kings College London stress the need for fair negotiations.

Group physical and mental health rehabilitation improves life quality for people with long covid

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:55:00 GMT

A new study has found that an on-line rehabilitation programme improves quality of life for adults with long covid.

£1.7m containment facility will help tackle globally important diseases and prepare for future pandemics

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:13:00 GMT

A £1.7m laboratory building which will investigate infectious diseases has opened at the University of Warwick – helping to tackle some of the most globally important human diseases and prepare for pandemics of the future.

People with terminal illness still fearful of dying early from Covid-19

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:41:00 GMT

People with terminal illness across the West Midlands are still living in fear of catching Covid-19 and dying early according to research. Their experiences were described in four reports, which contain recommendations for hospices.

Inequalities around COVID-19 vaccinations worldwide led to increased spread, new variants and higher mortality rates

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 10:19:00 GMT

New research has shown the advantages of equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the globe.

Vaccine attitudes detected in tweets by AI model

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:08:04 GMT

People’s attitudes towards vaccines can now be detected from their social media posts by an intelligent AI model, developed by researchers at the University of Warwick.

Reducing patients’ breathing efforts could be key to success of non-invasive respiratory support in COVID-19 patients

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 09:24:00 GMT

Working with an international team of leading intensive care clinicians, engineering researchers at the University of Warwick have used computational modelling to show that non-invasive respiratory support is more likely to be successful if it allows significant reductions in patients’ breathing efforts.

Reusable and customised facemask to keep healthcare workers safe thanks to digital supply-chain

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 09:41:40 GMT

Throughout the pandemic the filtering facepiece 3 respirator (FFP3) mask was heavily in demand, as it is the most widely used respiratory protective equipment in UK healthcare system. However, according to a study with health workers from 32 hospitals, the overall fit-testing pass rates had a mean pass rate of 81%.