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

‘Terrible twos’ not inevitable: with engaged parenting, happy babies can become happy toddlers

06 May 2020

Parents should not feel pressured to make their young children undertake structured learning or achieve specific tasks, particularly during lockdown...

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Tackling COVID-19: Professor Ian Goodfellow

30 Apr 2020

Ian Goodfellow is no stranger to infectious disease outbreaks. In 2014 he left behind the safety of his Cambridge lab to join a taskforce fighting...

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Coronavirus pandemic: making safer emergency hospitals

28 Apr 2020

Simple, low-cost ventilation designs and configuration of wards can reduce the dispersal of airborne virus in emergency COVID-19 hospitals, say...

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Dr Restif (left) with collaborators from the University of Ghana in Accra, July 2019

Tackling COVID-19: Dr Olivier Restif

23 Apr 2020

“We have been expecting a pandemic like this for nearly twenty years,” says Olivier Restif, who uses mathematical modelling to understand how...

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Opinion: Local food solutions during the coronavirus crisis could have lasting benefits

22 Apr 2020

Solutions found during the current pandemic could benefit food security, human security, & international development.

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COVID-19 severity associated with increased levels of air pollution in England, preliminary study finds

21 Apr 2020

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found an association between living in an area of England with high levels of air pollution and the...

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Study identifies 275 ways to reduce spread of coronavirus following lockdown

15 Apr 2020

Phased re-opening of schools, businesses and open spaces should be considered alongside a range of practical ways to keep people physically apart...

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Men in masks, Macau, PRC

Everyone should wear masks in COVID-19 crisis, say Cambridge researchers

09 Apr 2020

Governments and health agencies should reconsider the current guidelines with regards to widespread mask use in the COVID-19 pandemic and recommend...

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Cambridge researchers develop new coronavirus test for frontline NHS workers

09 Apr 2020

A new test for infection with SARS-CoV2 that which inactivates the virus at the point of sampling, has been developed by a team of researchers at the...

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150 scientists from new institute join Cambridge fight against COVID-19

08 Apr 2020

One of Cambridge’s newest institutes, established to study the relationship between infectious disease and our immune systems, is leading the...

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Interactive tool shows the science behind COVID-19 control measures

08 Apr 2020

An online tool to illustrate the effects of different COVID-19 control measures has been developed by a team of University of Cambridge researchers...

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AstraZeneca/GSK/University of Cambridge collaborate to support UK national effort to boost COVID-19 testing

07 Apr 2020

As part of the UK Government’s announcement of a new five pillar plan to boost testing for COVID-19, AstraZeneca, GSK and the University of Cambridge...

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