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Combating infectious diseases and the threat of antimicrobial resistance remains one of the greatest global challenges.

Professor Gordon Dougan

Tackling COVID-19: Professor Gordon Dougan

16 Jul 2020

“In many parts of the world people still live with the daily threat of diseases like cholera, typhoid, and malaria. In reality COVID is just another...

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Taking a swab to test for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Rapid genome sequencing and screening help hospital manage COVID-19 outbreaks

14 Jul 2020

Cambridge researchers have shown how rapid genome sequencing of virus samples and enhanced testing of hospital staff can help to identify clusters of...

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Sanitising a public space in Mexico

Long-term strategies to control COVID-19 pandemic must treat health and economy as equally important

13 Jul 2020

Strategies for the safe reopening of low and middle-income countries (LMICs) from months of strict social distancing in response to the ongoing COVID...

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Estee Torok (centre, in black) with team at Addenbrooke's Hospital

Tackling COVID-19: Dr Estée Török

09 Jul 2020

Long hours running COVID-19 vaccine and drugs trials have left little time for Estée Török to contemplate her postponed wedding. With over 20 years'...

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Charlotte Summers

Tackling COVID-19: Dr Charlotte Summers

02 Jul 2020

An intensive care specialist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Charlotte Summers has spent the last few months dealing with the biggest challenge of her...

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Pig farming

Human interactions with wild and farmed animals must change dramatically to reduce risk of another deadly pandemic

25 Jun 2020

Compiled by a team of international wildlife and veterinary experts, a new study has identified seven routes by which pandemics could occur and 161...

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Tackling COVID-19: Dr Sharath Srinivasan

25 Jun 2020

“Without trust, we don’t flatten the curve,” says Sharath Srinivasan, whose work in developing countries has given him an acute insight into how...

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Professor Ravi Gupta (third from left) with colleagues in CITIID

Tackling COVID-19: Professor Ravi Gupta

18 Jun 2020

“This virus is probably going to be circulating for years - it will take a long time to sort out.” In a building that has been largely empty for the...

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Woman at home alone

Stigma of broken family relationships compounded by lockdown

18 Jun 2020

Lockdown restrictions have not brought estranged family members closer together, and recent focus on the importance of family support has made...

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Coronavirus

Recruitment underway as Cambridgeshire NHS trusts join COVID-19 vaccine trial

11 Jun 2020

Recruitment has begun at three leading Cambridgeshire NHS Trusts for volunteers to take part in the nationwide COVID-19 vaccine trial.

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Jorge Goncalves

Tackling COVID-19: Professor Jorge Goncalves

11 Jun 2020

Jorge Goncalves is an expert in artificial intelligence and mathematical modelling of complex systems. With long-term collaborators based in Wuhan...

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Dr Sarah Caddy

Tackling COVID-19: Dr Sarah Caddy

04 Jun 2020

Before the COVID-19 outbreak, Sarah Caddy was conducting research on a number of different viruses. “I was looking at how antibodies can neutralise...

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