Tag: Imperial College
Poland: Covid-19 clears up rapidly after stool transplant to treat bacterial infection
Doctors from Imperial College London and the Medical University of Warsaw have published a letter online in the journal Gut, exploring the use of stool transplants to treat COVID-19 infection, after they used the procedure in two patients for another bacterial infection. More...
UK: Working from home reduces the chance of catching coronavirus by 54% – 76%
The REACT survey 7 from Imperial College London has also shown working from home reduces the chance of catching COVID-19 with those not currently required to work outside the home are 54% to 76% less likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 compared to those that did. More...
Imperial College: Lung damage occurs in approximately 20% of coronavirus patients discharged from hospital
Early evidence indicates that lung damage occurs in approximately 20% of patients discharged from hospital, but the effects on people who experience long-Covid in the community are currently unclear. More...
Imperial College: SARSCoV2 coronavirus variant P1 is more transmissible, evasive, and growing rapidly in Brazil
Researchers estimate that the P.1 VOC is between 1.4–2.2 times more transmissible than non-VOC lineages. More...
Imperial College study: 2% of babies born to coronavirus positive UK mothers later test positive for the virus themselves
The proportion of babies born to mothers with confirmed COVID-19, and who subsequently tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus (which causes COVID-19) was 2 per cent in the UK study, and 1.8 per cent in the US study. More...