Immunology
Intranasal vaccine may block COVID-19 where it starts
Research by Lancaster University scientists to create a COVID-19 vaccine which can be administered through the nose has taken a significant step forward.
Aug 10, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Virtual contact in pandemic prompts misery in people over 60
People over the age of 60 living in the UK and the US who had more virtual contact during the pandemic actually experienced a greater increase in loneliness, new research finds.
Jul 26, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic adolescent mental health study reveals turnaround finding
Young people with poor mental health took a turn for the better during the pandemic but those with good mental health saw a considerable decline, new research reveals.
Jun 17, 2021
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Vaccination
Institutional mistrust a major barrier for child vaccination progress in Africa
Mistrust in local and national government plays a significant role in slowing down child vaccination progress in Africa—the continent home to half of the world's unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children, new research ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Medical research
A new way of rapidly counting and identifying viruses
A Lancaster University professor has introduced a new concept for rapidly analyzing for the presence of a virus from colds to coronaviruses.
Apr 26, 2021
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Health
How specialist palliative care services around the world coped in response to COVID-19
Specialist palliative care services have been flexible, highly adaptive and have embraced a low-cost "frugal innovation" model in response to the COVID-19 pandemic say researchers.
Mar 23, 2021
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Developing new technologies that automatically reassure you older relatives are well
Researchers are developing new autonomous technologies that can help people check that isolated elderly family members are okay.
Mar 18, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Recommendations for psychological support for people with neurodegenerative conditions
Lancaster University together with the British Psychological Society has provided research-based recommendations for mental health support for people living with four motor neurodegenerative conditions.
Feb 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists developing COVID-19 vaccine nasal spray
Lancaster University researchers have successfully engineered a COVID-19 vaccine which can be administered through the nose.
Jan 13, 2021
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Pediatrics
How lockdown may lead to 'avoidable harm' for the health of under-16s
Decreases in hospital attendances and admissions amid fears of COVID-19 may result in avoidable harm for under 16s say researchers, who warn against the "unintended consequences of pandemic control measures."
Nov 30, 2020
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