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New study into COVID-19 vaccine dose interval for pregnant women launches in Southampton
The country’s largest clinical study investigating the best gap between first and second COVID-19 vaccine doses for pregnant women is...
Aug 25, 2021


Lab tests show Southampton antiviral effective against COVID-19 variants
Lab tests have shown a promising antiviral treatment to be effective against the Alpha and Beta COVID-19 variants. Southampton-led...
Jun 10, 2021


Southampton leads world-first COVID-19 vaccine booster study
Volunteers from Southampton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth will soon be able to receive a third ‘booster’ COVID-19 vaccine through a new...
May 20, 2021


First COVID-19 vaccine study for pregnant women launches in Southampton
The first COVID-19 vaccine study in the UK recruiting pregnant women has been launched across several National Institute of Health...
May 19, 2021


Study aims to optimise care for those hospitalised with COVID-19
Southampton nurses part of the national COVID-NURSE study will assess new approaches to caring for COVID-19 patients, to inform new...
Mar 19, 2021


First arm of ACCORD clinical trial platform completes patient recruitment
ACCORD – a Phase 2, clinical trial platform designed to rapidly test candidate drugs for the treatment of COVID-19 – has completed...
Mar 12, 2021


Patients who attended 'surgery school' plan to adopt a healthier lifestyle
A pioneering ‘surgery school’ initiative developed by Southampton doctors has been shown to motivate patients to adopt healthier habits –...
Feb 12, 2021


Janssen single-dose vaccine 66% effective against COVID-19
A single dose of the Janssen coronavirus vaccine has been shown to protect 66% from infection and 100% protection from hospitalisation or...
Feb 5, 2021


Call for Southampton over 50s to be part of coronavirus vaccine dose gap study
Southampton doctors are calling for volunteers over the age of 50 to take part in a study looking at the impact of varying the time...
Feb 4, 2021


UHS research team supports world's largest COVID-19 treatment trial
The research team at UHS is supporting the delivery of the world’s largest trial into treatments for patients hospitalised with COVID-19....
Jan 20, 2021


Southampton COVID-19 drug enters large scale trials
COVID-19 therapy inhaled interferon beta has entered into large-scale international trials, following early phase results indicating it...
Jan 18, 2021


Record enrolment of Southampton ICU patients helps find two more drugs for critical COVID-19 patient
Risk of death in critically ill patients is reduced by two anti-inflammatory drugs, according to new results from a global trial...
Jan 15, 2021


Call for volunteers to open a new front on coronavirus through vaccine trial
Southampton doctors are calling on the city and region’s adults to join trials of a vaccine using tried and tested technology to tackle...
Jan 13, 2021


Antiviral COVID-19 drug prospects boosted by discovery of short form coronavirus 'entry point' prote
A shadow over the promising inhaled interferon beta COVID-19 therapy has been cleared with the discovery that although it appears to...
Jan 12, 2021


Southampton researchers' COVID-19 responses recognised in New Year Honours
Professor Keith Godfrey, Dr Katrina Cathie and Dr Nisreen Alwan have all been awarded MBEs in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for 2021...
Jan 8, 2021


Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial results confirm it is safe and effective
The interim analysis data for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine trial for COVID-19 has been published in The Lancet, following a press...
Dec 14, 2020


Point of care testing can improve the detection and treatment of influenza
Southampton-led research has shown that implementing point-of-care testing in hospitals to diagnose influenza (flu) can lead to better...
Dec 14, 2020


Southampton volunteers help demonstrate up to 90% protection from Oxford COVID-19 vaccine
The people of Southampton made a major contribution to data showing that a University of Oxford-developed COVID-19 vaccine could protect...
Nov 23, 2020


First COVID-19 patient given inhaled surfactant in Southampton-led trial
The first COVID-19 patient has been treated with nebulised (inhaled) surfactant – a substance which makes it easier to breathe – as part...
Nov 20, 2020


COVID-19 vaccine trial starts in Southampton
Southampton’s Professor Saul Faust is leading the UK trial of a new COVID-19 vaccine, aiming to recruit 6,000 volunteers from across the...
Nov 16, 2020
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