Healthcare rationing could see unlawful deaths from COVID-19, researchers claim
21 May 2020Current medical guidelines risk unlawful deaths of patients – with doctors, hospitals, and even the government potentially liable – if a second peak...
Most young people with increased suicide risk only display ‘mild to moderate’ mental distress – study
20 May 2020Around 70% of young people who report self-harming or suicidal thoughts are within the normal or non-clinical range of mental distress.
AI techniques in medical imaging may lead to incorrect diagnoses
12 May 2020Machine learning and AI are highly unstable in medical image reconstruction, and may lead to false positives and false negatives, a new study...
Moderate exercise in middle and older age cuts time spent in hospital
07 May 2020Men and women aged 40–79 are at significantly lower (25–27%) risk of long or frequent hospital admissions if they do some form of physical activity...
Coronavirus pandemic: making safer emergency hospitals
28 Apr 2020Simple, low-cost ventilation designs and configuration of wards can reduce the dispersal of airborne virus in emergency COVID-19 hospitals, say...
Open-source ventilator designed by Cambridge team for use in low- and middle-income countries
20 Apr 2020In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at the University of Cambridge has designed an open-source ventilator in partnership with local...
The sequencing of COVID-19
17 Apr 2020Labs across the country have converted to the genetic sequencing of coronavirus samples to help track its mutation and spread. The initiative, COG-UK...
Interactive tool shows the science behind COVID-19 control measures
08 Apr 2020An online tool to illustrate the effects of different COVID-19 control measures has been developed by a team of University of Cambridge researchers...
Researcher profile: Professor Julia Gog
08 Apr 2020Professor Julia Gog is a mathematician who specialises in modelling the spread of infectious diseases, particularly pandemic influenza. For months...
Cambridge engineers use industrial modelling techniques to help Addenbrooke’s manage COVID-19 care
07 Apr 2020Modelling tools originally designed to improve the efficiency of factories are being used by Cambridge engineers to help Addenbrooke’s Hospital...
New app collects the sounds of COVID-19
06 Apr 2020A new app, which will be used to collect data to develop machine learning algorithms that could automatically detect whether a person is suffering...
Progress using COVID-19 patient data to train machine learning models for healthcare
03 Apr 2020Following from last week's call for governments to use machine learning and AI techniques to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic...