In the Media
Queen’s researchers have provided commentary and analysis in hundreds of articles and broadcasts since the early stages of the pandemic. This represents a selection of that coverage.
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Coronavirus: NI scientists play 'global role' in response
31 March 2021bbc.co.uk“Dr David Simpson, a senior lecturer at The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine at Queen's University, said the work undertaken so far had been able to detect the Kent and South Africa variants of the virus.”
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Niamh Griffin: UK's roll of vaccine dice could be a boon to Ireland
30 March 2021Irish Examiner“Queens University Belfast virologist Connor Bamford had been worried about risks for partially-vaccinated people, but three months into the experiment, he too is less concerned.”
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Covid: More than 700,000 vaccine first doses given in NI
26 March 2021bbc.co.uk“QUB Professor Ultan Power told Good Morning Ulster that at least 80% of the population of Northern Ireland should have two doses of a coronavirus vaccine before travel to Europe is allowed again.”
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Banishing Covid restrictions completely may take years – it could become an annual winter virus
25 March 2021Newsletter.co.uk“Dr Ultan Power told the News Letter that not only do we face the threat of new pandemics engulfing our society in the future, but it could be years before the last vestiges of Covid restrictions are finally abandoned.”
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PSNI has third highest stop and search rate in UK
25 March 2021thedetail.tv“The stop and search figures come after a joint VICE World News/The Detail investigation which uncovered that people from BAME backgrounds received a disproportionate number of Covid-19 fines in Northern Ireland last year … “Stop and search is not felt generally, it is felt very specifically and unevenly by particular groups in society”, said Dr Topping Criminology QUB expert.
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Backlog of a half-million endoscopies and rising during the pandemic, report finds
22 March 2021MedicalExpress.comCo-author Professor Mark Lawler, Professor of Digital Health, Queen's University Belfast and Scientific Director DATA-CAN, the U.K.'s Health Data Research Hub for Cancer said: "These data provide yet more evidence of the disastrous impact of COVID on cancer services and ultimately cancer patients. The precipitous drop in endoscopic services nationally (to less than 10% of pre COVID levels) is extremely worrying.
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Vaccine update: ROI could see new surge in Covid cases
19 March 2021Planet RadioDr Ultan Power, Professor of Molecular Virology at Queens University Belfast said the decision to suspend it may have caused more harm than good: "I heard figures that this week because of the suspension in the Republic, 40,000 people are not going to be vaccinated …"
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Risk of ‘cancer epidemic’ can’t be underestimated – researcher
16 March 2021Irish Times“Prof Mark Lawler, chair in translational cancer genomics at Queen’s University Belfast, said the pandemic is “wreaking untold damage for Irish citizens and particularly Irish cancer patients”.”
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When – or will – life ever go back to normal?
08 March 2021Irish Times“According to Dr Grace Roberts, a research fellow in virology at Queens University Belfast, “with Covid-19, it seems that children have milder illness, while more severe disease tends to appear in people over 60”
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Three NI scientists getting to the heart of the matter
04 March 2021Belfast TelegraphWhen COVID hit, the team couldn't keep delivering the programme … Professor Andriana Margariti (41) is originally from Greece and now lives in Belfast after many years in London. She is a professor at Queen's University Belfast in the Department of Vascular and Regenerative Medicine and her team has discovered a gene that increases the risk of blood vessel damage in people with diabetes
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Covid has shown church is about more than a building
04 March 2021Irish NewsAt the last meeting of the Irish Inter-Church Committee, members reflected on Something Other than a Building, the recent publication by Dr Gladys Ganiel of Queen's University Belfast.
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Is Food Sold Through Social Media Safe?
02 March 2021Food Service Foot PrintCovid-19 has been a boon for home-based food businesses … Professor Chris Elliott, director of the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen’s University Belfast, called food sold via the internet “the wild west of the food market".
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Sam McBride: After darkness, light: Reasons for real hope
27 February 2021Newsletter“If you consider that a year ago we had no vaccine at all and now have a third of the Northern Ireland population vaccinated – it’s just phenomenal,” says Professor Ultan Power.
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Giving kids a break is the best way for them to 'catch up' after a year of disruption
27 February 2021The GuardianPre-Covid research from the US has been referenced in support of extending school days, but studies have not provided evidence of positive impact on attainment. Dr John McMullen is an educational psychologist at QUB.
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Questions grow over what the contrasting paces of jab rollouts in NI and Republic will mean
27 February 2021Belfast Telegraph"... vaccine rollouts might work, there will be a nervousness with travelling too far until people are comfortable and consumer confidence starts to grow again". However, according to Dr Connor Bamford, a virologist from Queen's University Belfast …
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One year of coronavirus in Northern Ireland: How well has Stormont handled the pandemic?
27 February 2021Belfast LiveDr Lindsay Broadbent, a virologist at Queen's University Belfast, said a measured response was still necessary. "Confusing messaging around Christmas and a delay to implement restrictions resulted in much higher case numbers, compounded by a variant (B1.1.7) that was 50% more transmissible.
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QUB virologist praises country’s Covid response but urges caution
26 February 2021Impartial ReporterDr. Connor Bamford, a virologist at Queen’s University, Belfast, said: “I think the vaccine [roll-out] worldwide is going really well, and if you look across the UK, most of the regions are similar.
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QUB virologist praises country’s Covid response but urges caution
26 February 2021Impartial ReporterDr. Bamford QUB compared the process in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Beware the Bitcoin-ARK-Tesla Connection
25 February 2021BloombergRegulators and policy makers must sometimes feel their task is thankless when it comes to reining in the consumer-led euphoria sweeping cryptocurrency and financial markets amid Covid-19 … William Quinn and John Turner of Queen’s University Belfast, in their comprehensive 2020 history of financial bubbles (which doesn’t include tulips)
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Caution urged to ensure end at last to shutdowns
23 February 2021Belfast TelegraphDr Connor Bamford, Queen's University Belfast virologist "The cautious approach announced by the Prime Minister is to be commended, although I do not believe it is cautious enough and it lacks a reliance on improvement in key data such as numbers of new cases, hospitalisations, the R-rate, and presence of variants of concern.
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COVID Vaccine And Asthma: Why Most Sufferers Won’t Be Prioritised In The Next Phase Of Rollout
19 February 2021Global AdvisorsIn a way it is good news for asthmatics: the evidence so far indicates that they are no more likely to suffer from severe COVID than people without asthma. Some studies have even shown that asthmatics have a slightly reduced chance of dying from COVID. Grace C Roberts works for Queen's University, Belfast.
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How the "dumbest theory" works that can lead you to make wrong financial decisions
19 February 2021BBCSome economists are waiting for a sharp correction in the markets as equity returns have exploded amid one of the worst economic crises in decades in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The problem with bubbles is that you only have the certainty that we are facing one of them when they burst, says John Turner, professor at Queen's University Belfast.
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Low-paid forced to isolate 'should get £400 a week'
16 February 2021Belfast TelegraphA group of academics and scientists have written to Stormont's Department for Communities calling for more financial support for those on low incomes to help drive down Covid rates. QUB Ultan Power …
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Five things on the Executive's agenda ahead of lifting current coronavirus restrictions
15 February 2021Belfast TelegraphThe Kent variant, for instance, is though not to cause more severe illness, but could be up to 70% more infectious and more transmissible by children. Speaking last month, QUB virologist Connor Bamford...
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Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Schools not 'major source' of virus transmission
15 February 2021Belfast TelegraphIt comes as Queen's University virologist Dr Connor Bamford has warned opening schools before April will result in Northern Ireland enduring another deadly surge of Covid-19.
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Covid vaccines 'starting to kick in'
12 February 2021Planet RadioLindsey Broadbent is a Virologist at Queens University Belfast researching the body's immune response to Coronavirus. She says she is 'cautiously optimistic' about the future, thanks to the Covid jabs.
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Women in Science: Challenge yourself… you might just find a career you love
11 February 2021AgrilandThe trial was postponed because of Covid-19 but it’s hoped the vaccines will be administered to calves at the institute before the end of the year … Prof. Cosby is head of virology at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute’s Veterinary Sciences Division and also an emeritus and honorary professor of microbiology at Queen’s University Belfast.
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Veterinary Fears For Animal Health In Pandemia
11 February 2021revisitapetcentre.comDr. Simon Doherty, senior professor of Health and Wellness Animal, Queen's University Belfast. Almost half (47%) of the pet owners surveyed said that their veterinarians offered digital or remote consultations, an increase of 20% compared to the period before the pandemic.
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Teachers, and not politicans, should decide pupils' futures, says expert
10 February 2021Belfast TelegraphTony Gallagher, Professor of Education at Queen's University Belfast was speaking after the UK Government's new educational recovery tsar said longer school hours and terms extended into the summer to tackle the impact of Covid-19 on children would be considered alongside extra hours for sports and music.
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What is an endemic illness? Term’s meaning explained.
09 February 2021inews.co.uk“Many of these mutations will result in non-viable viruses, unable to infect or replicate. But a small number of these mutations might result in an advantageous change. For example, they may allow the virus to get into host cells quicker or make the jump to a new, different host,” Dr Grace C Roberts, a virologist at Queen’s University Belfast wrote.
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QUB 'green economist' Professor John Barry on how pandemic can help us tackle climate emergency
06 February 2021Irish NewsProfessor John Barry chats to David Roy about how the pandemic offers valuable lessons on how to deal with climate change
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Coronavirus might become endemic – here’s how
05 February 2021The ConversationEndemic viruses are those that have constant presence within a geographical area. Such viruses are all around us, though they vary by location – QUB experts Grace C Roberts.
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Oxford jab 'cuts spread of Covid by two-thirds', study finds
04 February 2021Belfast TelegraphResearchers said that the first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab offers protection of 76% up to three months and may reduce transmission by 67%, with efficacy rising to 82.4% after the second dose 12 weeks later.
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COVID vaccines and Brexit borders: what is happening in Northern Ireland?
04 February 2021BigNewsNetworkQUB Peter John McLoughlin - The situation has been made worse by unhelpful rhetoric prompted by the COVID crisis. Chief among these was the EU's announcement that it intended to trigger a clause in the Brexit deal in order to stop the movement of COVID vaccines between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland.
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Cold-chain goods major cause of infections
03 February 2021ChinaDaily.comChristopher Elliott, Professor of Food Safety at Queen's University, UK, says: "It is becoming increasingly clear that the novel coronavirus can survive longer at low temperatures."
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Tighten our defences to block South Africa strain
02 February 2021Belfast TelegraphDr Connor Bamford, a research fellow at Queen's University, also expressed concern at evidence suggesting the current vaccines might be less effective against this strain.
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Does Covid-19 impact male fertility? Experts urge caution about new evidence
29 January 2021Edition.CNN.comSheena Lewis, a professor emeritus at Queen's University Belfast in Ireland, shared similar thoughts via email: "My concerns are that the men with COVID had substantially higher body weight and were on a number of therapeutic treatments.
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Coronavirus variants: are they really more deadly? Here's what scientists know so far
27 January 2021The ConversationQUB Virologist David Courtney … One certainty during a pandemic is that the virus will mutate. SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is no different. But how concerned should we be about the new variants of the virus that are arising in places such as the UK, South Africa and Brazil? Are they more lethal or more transmissible than the original virus?
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NI approach to pandemic should be less inward-looking, virologist says
27 January 2021YahooThe race between different countries to deliver vaccines needs to recognise that people will have to travel and trade together, Dr Lindsay Broadbent QUB added.
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LIVE UPDATES: Coronavirus - NI people told ‘do not book a summer holiday’ by top government minister
27 January 2021Newsletter.co.ukQUB Lindsay Broadbent … said: “We have to be realistic that this virus is worldwide, it has spread worldwide, you cannot just have an inward-looking approach to this pandemic.
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Queen’s research finds that ‘church is something other than a building’ during the Covid-19 pandemic
26 January 2021Newswise.comThe research was conducted by Dr Gladys Ganiel, from the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen’s … New findings include a range of perspectives on how God may be working during the pandemic, with a strong emphasis on God coming alongside us during the pandemic.
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NI approach to pandemic should be less inward-looking, virologist says
26 January 2021TheNational.scotMs Broadbent, a research fellow at Queen’s school of medicine, said: “One benefit of Northern Ireland being associated with the UK is that there has been access to some very good protocols such as UK-wide genomic surveying work, which helped identify the UK variant and South African variant..
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Coronavirus pandemic: the health benefits of living in densely populated cities
26 January 2021BBC"From what we've learned about how the virus spreads, the risk of infection is greatest in crowded indoor spaces ... bars, refrigerators, industrial warehouses, nursing homes, prisons and cruises, not in cities," says Deepti Adlakha, professor environmental planning assistant at Queen's University, Belfast, UK
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QUB-led clinical trial completes recruitment of ICU patients with COVID-19
21 January 2021syncni.comThe REALIST COVID-19 trial is led by Professor Danny McAuley and Professor Cecilia O’Kane, both researchers from the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine at Queen’s University.
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We Fact-Checked 5 Common Bogus Claims About Vaccines and COVID-19
19 January 2021Vice.comWhile the latter point is good news for those who do fall ill, Dr Connor Bamford, a research fellow in virology at Queen’s University Belfast, warns new variants could cause problems on a community and countrywide level as more people become infected.
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Covid-19: Will new strains make the virus more difficult to control?
16 January 2021Irish TimesOne year on, virologist Dr Connor Bamford of Queen’s University Belfast has spelt out the knowledge gaps. The first is how will SARS-CoV-2 evolve, adapt and change over the next year in the face of natural or acquired immunity through vaccination?
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One year since we first reported on this coronavirus – what we’ve learned, and still need to know
15 January 2021Foreignaffaris.co.nzQUB Connor Bamford … A year ago, I wrote an article for The Conversation about a mysterious outbreak of pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which transpired to be the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Grassroots activism will give power to climate action
08 January 2021ribaj.comIn addition, the Covid-19 pandemic seems to have provided alternative methods of working which might just provide this movement with a longevity that others have not had … QCAN (Queen’s Climate Action Network), started this summer by Jessica Scott and Chris Connolly at Queen’s University Belfast
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Seven challenges and trends the food industry can expect in 2021
07 January 2021newfoodmagazine.comProfessor Chris Elliott of Queen’s University Belfast expressed faith in the UK’s food security, he admitted that he had concerns about the honesty of some global markets … especially as we look to be just getting started when it comes to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
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QUB begins research on COVID-19 blood vessel damage
07 January 2021syncni.comThe project is being led by Professor Alan Stitt from Queen’s University Belfast and Dr Roger Preston from The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).
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What has been the impact of Covid-19 on Northern Ireland’s economy?
26 OctoberEconomics ObservatoryDr Graham Brownlow, Queen's Management School.
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Spotlight: Cancers Missing Patients
20 OctoberBBC SpotlightAssociate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof. Mark Lawler and Dr Stuart McIntosh feature on BBC Spotlight episode, ‘Cancers Missing Patients’ as they investigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on cancer patients in Northern Ireland.
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HCC conference goes online to cover ‘triple challenge’ of post-pandemic world
13 Octobermeatmanagement.comChris Elliott OBE, founder of the Institute of Global Food Security at Queen’s University Belfast, will also give a presentation on the need for integrity in global food supply chains after Covid; trade expert Richard Brown of GIRA will lead a discussion on the changing international landscape for red meat; and Welsh Government minister Lesley Griffiths will present her vision of the future of Welsh food and farming.
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Can children really stop you catching a bad case of COVID-19?
08 Octoberbignewsnetwork.comAuthor: Grace C Roberts - Research Fellow in Virology, Queen's University Belfast The Conversation. Having young children in your home may lower your risk of being hospitalised with COVID-19, according to a new study of NHS workers in Scotland.
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In a world of face masks how do you communicate if you are deaf? – Bronagh Byrne talks to VIEWdigital about the challenges she now faces
02 Octoberviewdigital.orgBronagh Byrne, who is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen’s University Belfast, has been deaf since birth. She told VIEW editor Brian Pelan of the difficulties she has encountered since face masks became prevalent because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Confusion is a major symptom of Covid-19 in frail older people: Study finds one in five hospital patients over 65 had delirium as their ONLY symptom of the disease
30 SeptemberDailyMail.comDr Tom Waterfield at Queen's University Belfast told the BBC: 'We are finding that diarrhoea and vomiting is a symptom reported by some children and I think adding it to the list of known symptoms is worth considering.'
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Leading through COVID-19: four lessons from war
30 SeptemberCharteredAccountants.ieDr Joanne Murphy QUB distils four common themes from the battlefield to help you lead and manage through the COVID-19 crisis and into an uncertain future.
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Religion, Spirituality and the Search for Meaning during the Covid-19 Pandemic
27 Septembersluggerotoole.comGladys Ganiel is a Reader in Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast. According to many accounts, there has been a modest resurgence of religious practice in Ireland and the UK during the covid-19 pandemic.
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How did it pass on to humans? How do you know if you're protected? Seven experts on the burning questions left in the wake of a million coronavirus deaths
27 SeptemberSomersetlive.co.ukOn January 13, we published “Mystery China pneumonia outbreak likely caused by new human coronavirus” by Connor Bamford, a virologist at Queen’s University Belfast. Since then, we have published more than 3,500 articles on the now not-so-novel coronavirus, officially named Sars-CoV-2.
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Swann warns of new controls as coronavirus cases hit record level in Northern Ireland
26 SeptemberBelfastTelegraph.co.ukDr Connor Bamford, a virologist at Queen's University, said the delay could hinder the Executive's aim to reduce the number of Covid-19 cases. "Without a doubt that delaying the decision to introduce a curfew on bars and restaurants will likely lead to an unnecessary increase in coronavirus cases," he said.
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Schools need to stay open because the 'economic and social consequences' of shutting them again are too high as experts warn young people have paid the 'highest price' for the pandemic
22 SeptemberDailyMail.comProfessor Nichola Rooney, a professor in consultant clinical psychology at Queen's University Belfast, said: 'If we think about what's important to adolescents and young people it is peer interaction and that's really important for their mental health.
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Measures designed to prevent new lockdown, says Foster
22 SeptemberRTE.ieDr David Courtney QUB said that the decision by the Northern Ireland Executive to further restrict movement is the right call and should go further, to restrict business activity. Dr Courtney said the jump in cases is linked to the opening up of schools and universities and the greater restrictions should "help to keep a handle on it".
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Virologist warns house parties are perfect place to spread virus amongst university students
18 SeptemberBelfastTelegraph.comDr Connor Bamford voiced concerns over young people socialising without adhering to the guidelines, such as wearing face masks and keeping socially distant.
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Covid-19: How Northern Ireland has fared better than the Republic of Ireland
16 Septemberirishtimes.comDr Chris Colvin is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Queen’s University Belfast. In Ireland, the Covid-19 statistics have been used to highlight contrasting performances of the island’s two jurisdictions.
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Population Density Does Not Doom Cities to Pandemic Dangers
16 Septemberscientificamerican.com“Since the early days of the pandemic, there have been a number of articles speculating whether COVID-19 will spell the end of cities, [and] some articles suggested that COVID-19 was spurring an exodus from cities to suburbs as a way to escape the ... virus,” says Deepti Adlakha, an environmental health researcher at Queen’s University Belfast.
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Coronavirus: NI ministers discuss call to tighten Covid rules
10 SeptemberDundeeMessanger.co.ukDr Ultan Power, a professor of molecular virology at Queen’s University, said it was inevitable that an increase in social interaction as lockdown eased would lead to an increased spread of Covid-19, but added that now was “the time to act” to curtail infection.
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Charting a course for healthcare, society and the economy
10 SeptemberThe Irish TimesProf Mark Lawler from Queen’s University Belfast who has done invaluable research on the impact of Covid-19 on cancer care in hospitals throughout the UK. “This is very important as late diagnosis of cancer leads to a higher severity of illness requiring more aggressive treatment with significant numbers of excess deaths. This is a stark fallout from the pandemic.”
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Covid-19: How Northern Ireland has fared better than the Republic of Ireland
16 SeptemberIrish TimesChris Colvin and Eoin McLaughlin examine how reporting Covid-19 deaths per population fails to take age and sex into account.
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Coronavirus: NI ministers discuss call to tighten Covid rules
10 SeptemberDundee MessengerDr Ultan Power, a professor of molecular virology at Queen’s University, said it was inevitable that an increase in social interaction as lockdown eased would lead to an increased spread of Covid-19, but added that now was “the time to act” to curtail infection.
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Charting a course for healthcare, society and the economy
10 SeptemberIrish TimesWe will also hear from Prof Mark Lawler from Queen’s University Belfast who has done invaluable research on the impact of Covid-19 on cancer care in hospitals throughout the UK.
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Rate of Northern Ireland's coronavirus cases over twice as high as England's
06 SeptemberBelfast TelegraphQueen's University virologist Dr Connor Bamford has urged caution against complacency. "We're still not halfway through this pandemic and winter is coming."
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Vomiting and diarrhoea could be coronavirus symptoms in kids new study shows
04 SeptemberBoston Standard“In our group, diarrhoea and vomiting were more predictive than, say, cough or even changes in smell and taste,” Dr Tom Waterfield QUB, the first author of the research, told The Guardian.
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Five ways to understand viruses
02 SeptemberAnalytical ScienceDr Grace Roberts - Viruses are often termed “the invisible enemy”. They aren’t visible with the naked eye, or even by using a standard optical microscope. So how do we know they exist or what they look like?
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New Study Shows the Added Risks Vaping Adds to COVID-19 - With Some Anomalies
31 AugustNationalinterestDeirdre Gilpin, Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast: Why might vaping increase your risk of getting COVID-19? Here are some possibilities.
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Care homes in England had greatest increase in excess deaths at height of the COVID-19 pandemic
31 AugustMedicalxpressThe findings form part of a larger study offering crucial insights into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK's care sector. Professor Bell said: "Given the variation in testing and death registration practices across the UK, it will never be possible to unequivocally assign care home deaths during the pandemic to COVID-19 or other causes.
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Five techniques we're using to uncover the secrets of viruses
27 AugustBig News NetworkAuthor: Grace C Roberts: There are biochemical methods, such as the ones used to confirm COVID-19 infection, that look for evidence of genetic material from a virus.
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Lockdown may have lasting effects on friendships
26 AugustBBCDr Jenny Groarke from Queen's University, Belfast, has been studying loneliness during the pandemic."People are using digital modes of communication to meet their social needs, but they're less satisfied with the quality of this form relative to face-to-face contact."
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Understanding the Psychology of Relationships During the Pandemic
26 AugustSciemceTimes.comDr. Jenny Groarke from Queen's University shared that the 'lower satisfaction with the quality of digital social contact, we found, was associated with higher loneliness.' Several studies have revealed that depression and anxiety cases have increased and gotten worse during the pandemic.
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Boris Johnson warned by MPs to address cancer crisis or 30k may die in next decade
22 AugustExpressMark Lawler, a cancer specialist at Queen’s University Belfast, has said the UK must exceed pre-pandemic operating levels to address the problem.
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Global business travel will not be killed off by coronavirus – new research
21 AugustMauritius TimesGlobal business travel has largely ground to a halt during the pandemic. Experts have been raising the alarm that this is the death of business travel as we know it, arguing that it will be a long time before the virus is really gone and that business people have become used to meetings on the likes of Zoom and MS Teams.
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Rising R number casts cloud over Northern Ireland’s Covid success
16 AugustYahooDr Anne Campbell, a senior lecturer in social work at Queen’s University Belfast. “They see through rhetoric while conversely believing in facts and logic. That is why I feel people here listened to the chief medical officer and the other scientists right from the start of lockdown and obeyed the rules.”
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"It's going to be a while," before Covid-19 vaccine release, warns scientist
16 AugustLBCDr Lindsay Broadbent from Queen's University Belfast Centre for Infection and Immunity warned Andrew Castle that "what we have to remember is that this vaccine is not going to come tomorrow, it's not going to be next week or next month.
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Lyric Theatre Helps to Rewrite the Narrative on Digital Theatre Experience
13 AugustLove BelfastProfessor Pedro Rebelo from the Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queen’s University Belfast, the project called ‘Rewriting the Narrative’ will explore the use of Virtual Reality (VR) to enhance the audience experiences in context of social distancing restrictions due to Covid-19.
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Millions of School Children Are Vaping—and It Could Be Putting Them at Risk of COVID-19
11 AugustNewsweekDr. Deirdre Gilpin of the School of Pharmacy at Queen's University Belfast said: "There is increasing evidence that vaping and smoking damage the cells in the lung, albeit possibly by different mechanisms, including those that help protect against viral infection, and that may account for the increased COVID-19 risk observed in this study."
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Coronavirus: Cancer research could face delays, experts warn
4 AugustBBCDr Philip Dunne is part of the bowel cancer research group at the Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at Queen's University Belfast (QUB). He said Covid-19 has shown just how reliant cancer research is on charity funding
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Coronavirus: 'Major crisis' facing arts industry post-lockdown
31 JulyBBCThe challenge facing Northern Ireland's arts industry after lockdown has been described as "a major crisis" by a Queen's University academic. Dr Ali Fitzgibbon, of the School of Arts, English and Languages, has said the sector requires "substantial interventions" in order to survive.
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How can we improve food system resilience for good?
31 JulyEITFOODCOVID-19 has also encouraged some small-scale resilience innovations … Professor Chris Elliott OBE from Queen's University Belfast and Founder of the Institute for Global Food Security, warns of “famines of biblical proportions”
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Data shows lockdown deprivation causes domino distress on NI's children
31 JulySyncniOne in five people within Northern Ireland meet the criteria for Covid-19 related PTSD due to the current pandemic, according to a study by the Stress, Trauma and Research Conditions lab at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) … Professor Cherie Armour who led the research said that “this is understandable since Northern Ireland has previously reported a 25% higher prevalence of mental ill health compared to England and our results have shown those with pre-existing mental health conditions are most at risk.”
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Industry responds to part one of the National Food Strategy
29 JulyNew FoodChris Elliott, Professor of food safety at Queen’s University Belfast “Part one of the National Food Strategy has concentrated on a number of crucial elements of what has gone wrong with the UK food system and paints a very bleak but highly accurate picture of the damage this has done to our society, economy and health service. The report does not provide the comprehensive details of what is needed to produce a food system that is fit for purpose but rather concentrates on the impacts of the COVID pandemic and our exit from the EU and what needs to be addressed urgently. I believe Henry Dimbleby has adopted the right strategy in terms of his report and the key issues he has identified should be front and central in the thinking of our Government.”
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Urgent GP referrals for suspected cancer dropped by 71% during lockdown, says study
29 JulyDowntownProfessor Mark Lawler from Queens University, who co-authored the research, said: “It is critically important that we get our ‘red flag’ referrals and cancer diagnostic services back to normal as quickly as possible, otherwise we will fall further behind in our fight against cancer.”
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Why urban density is good for health — even during a pandemic
27 JulyMetroDeepti Adlakha, lecturer (assistant professor) in environmental planning, Queen’s University Belfast … The spread of Covid-19 in some of the world’s most populous cities has raised concerns about density, the number of people inhabiting a given urbanised area.
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Queen's team work on link between bacterial co-infections and Covid-19
26 JulyBelfast LiveProfessor Stuart Elborn, Pro-Vice Chancellor for the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at Queen’s, said: “I’m delighted Queen’s has been awarded this grant from UK Research and Innovation to research the impact of bacterial co-infections in Covid-19.
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Coleraine has highest number of Covid-19-related deaths in County Derry
22 JulyDerry NowDr John Moriarty, from Queen’s University’s Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation, said ‘underlying health conditions’ may be a factor in higher death rates for deprived areas.
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The race for a Covid-19 vaccine
15 JulyNew StatesmanAs the pandemic accelerates, the world waits for the discovery of a vaccine. But there is no guarantee one will be discovered – or that it will be distributed fairly.
Ultan Power, Professor of Molecular Virology at Queen’s University Belfast said: "As you expand to deliver a vaccine to billions of people, even a small frequency of adverse effects will have a significant impact. A vaccine is meant to be given to healthy people and you don’t want it causing more harm than good.”
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Coronavirus could lead to 35,000 extra cancer deaths - double previous estimates
6 JulyTelegraphBritain’s Covid crisis could lead to an extra 35,000 cancer deaths a year, research shows … Professor Mark Lawler, Professor of Digital Health at Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Digital Health, Professor Mark Lawler, will feature in BBC Panorama episode, ‘Britain’s Cancer Crisis’, airing on 6 July 2020
6 JulyBBC PanoramaCoronavirus has killed thousands, but now there are fears that the pandemic has caused a crisis in cancer care that could mean many thousands more will die. Panorama, working with the podcast You, Me and the Big C, explores how the focus on COVID-19 has impacted cancer treatment.
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Immunity fears inject caution into corona vaccine hopes
1 JulyPoliticoScientists are optimistic they'll find a coronavirus vaccine. The bad news? They might need to vaccinate the entire globe every year. “I don’t think it’s all doom and gloom," however, “there's still a lot to be learned about the duration of immunity” — Ultan Power, a virology professor at Queen’s University in Belfast
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Coronavirus: Covid-19 samples tested in Belfast laboratory
30 JuneBBCDr Lindsay Broadbent, a research fellow in virology, told BBC News NI that depending on its concentration, the vial's contents could infect hundreds or thousands of people. "The virus was contained in a vial which was placed within a container which itself was in another container and that was surrounded by absorption paper and then surrounded by dry ice to keep it frozen and all of that would have been in a very large polystyrene box.
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Study on Covid-19 antibodies in children
24 JuneBizcommunityThe study is led by Dr Tom Waterfield, researcher from the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine at Queen’s University Belfast, in partnership with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Northern Ireland and Public Health England.
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Researchers developing risk prediction model for smarter COVID-19 shielding advice
23 JuneMedical PressThis team is led by the University of Oxford and includes researchers from the universities of Liverpool, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Swansea, Leicester, Nottingham with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Queen's University Belfast.
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How your phone may test you for coronavirus in the future
23 JuneIndependentTrack and trace apps are just the beginning of how personal devices could potentially detect a whole myriad of ailments. Chris Elliott, Goncalo Rosas da Silva and Joost Laurus Dinant Nelis investigate.
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QUB academic concern after virologists reportedly asked not to engage with the media during Covid-19 pandemic
19 JuneBelfast LiveDr Connor Bamford of Queen's University Belfast who specialises in immunity to lung viruses and bacteria, has questioned why virologists, as is being alleged, should be asked not to engage with the media during the Covid-19 pandemic in a DoH letter from CMO Michael McBride to the university
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Bacteria in hospitals, a greater threat to severe patients with COVID-19 than the virus itself. What happens in the body when the two infections combine
19 JuneLiber TateaProfessor José Bengoechea and Dr. Connor Bamford, both microbiologists at the Queens Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine in Belfast, recently published a new study claiming that patients with COVID-19 face enormous risks of developing severe bacterial infections.
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Coronavirus Threat posed to care homes by pandemic highlighted in 2016 exercise: QUB professor
12 MayBelfast TelegraphDave Archard, Emeritus Professor, academic has criticised the Government for failing to heed warnings about the danger a pandemic posed to care homes.
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Why avoiding a second coronavirus peak in the UK will be a bit of an experiment
11 Mayi NewsDr Connor Bamford opinion piece: It is without a doubt that lockdown has to be lifted, but we must learn from our initial mistakes.
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Coronavirus live Coronavirus updates: Executive hoping to publish recovery plan for Northern Ireland on Tuesday
11 MayBelfast TelegraphAs the death toll in Northern Ireland climbed to 435 on Sunday, Dr Connor Bamford, a research fellow at Queen's University, said we risk another large and deadly second peak without "lockdown-like" conditions. He was speaking after First Minister Arlene Foster said she will be following Boris Johnson's lockdown exit plan, but that any changes to restrictions in Northern Ireland will be "nuanced".
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Belfast's dividing walls united by virus tributes
08 MayYahoo SingaporeWith more than 400 COVID-19 deaths in Northern Ireland, communities have been brought together against a common enemy. "We already are having these ritualistic moments when we're coming out and we're clapping in support of NHS (National Health Service) workers," Queen's University Belfast anthropology lecturer Dominic Bryan told AFP. "But that of course has also very quickly appeared on murals right across Northern Ireland."
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Belfast's dividing walls united by virus tributes
08 MayFrance 24With more than 400 COVID-19 deaths in Northern Ireland, communities have been brought together against a common enemy. "We already are having these ritualistic moments when we're coming out and we're clapping in support of NHS (National Health Service) workers," Queen's University Belfast anthropology lecturer Dominic Bryan told AFP. "But that of course has also very quickly appeared on murals right across Northern Ireland."
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Queen´s University Belfast given funding to develop rapid test for Covid-19
05 MayDaily MailQueen’s University Belfast has received funding to develop a rapid diagnostic test for Covid-19. The trial, led by Professor Cliff Taggart, is aimed at finding a highly accurate test which can show results within an hour, eliminating the need to send tests to a laboratory.
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Queen´s University Belfast given funding to develop rapid test for Covid-19
04 MayThis is MoneyQueen’s University Belfast has received funding to develop a rapid diagnostic test for Covid-19. The trial, led by Professor Cliff Taggart, is aimed at finding a highly accurate test which can show results within an hour, eliminating the need to send tests to a laboratory.
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Weekly testing of healthcare staff is key, says virologist
03 MayIrish Mail on SundayThe State’s focus now needs to be on testing and retesting healthcare staff once a week to keep vulnerable people safe as lockdown is lifted, according to virologist at Queen’s University Belfast, Dr Ultan Power.
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BBC Radio Ulster, Good Morning Ulster, 01/05/2020
01 MayBBC Radio UlsterThe UK Statistics Authority has reprimanded NI's Department of Health over its reporting of the Covid-19 figures. Connor Bamford, virologist at Queen's University Belfast, comments.
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‘Social distancing is going to be with us for quite some time to come’
01 MayDerry JournalVirologist Connor Bamford talks to Joanne Savage about the dangers of easing lockdown measures.
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Home cooking means healthier eating
01 MayThe Zimbabwe MailDanielle McCarthy, Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, discusses how COVID-19 is changing how we eat.
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Coronavirus latest in NI
01 MayBBC NIQueen's University, along with five others, are urging the public to get involved with a new new study which will help identify who is most at risk of contracting COVID-19 and why some people become more ill than others with the disease.
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How drugs and vaccines are being designed to fight Covid-19
30 AprilRTEProfesor Ultan Power is part of team at Queen's University comparing and assessing available drugs, to see if certain combinations could work. "If we can identify a drug, that doesn't interfere with the other adaptive immune response" he says, "our hope is that we will not impact on the development of good protective immunity, but we will have a very significant impact on the inflammatory response."
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NI virologist warns COVID-19 is ‘airborne’ and social distancing is going to be with us for quite some time to come’
30 AprilNewsletterA virologist from Queen’s University Belfast has revealed that while Covid-19 is a new development we have in fact known about so-called coronaviruses for a very long-time.
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Coronavirus crisis could lead to 18,000 more cancer deaths, experts warn
29 AprilThe GuardianAnalysis models impact over next year of delays in getting cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Professor Mark Lawler, of Queen’s University Belfast and Data-Can’s scientific lead, said: “The results are concerning. We believe countries need to rapidly understand how the emergency is affecting cancer outcomes, otherwise we risk adding cancer and other underlying health conditions to the escalating death toll of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
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Kids in disadvantaged areas 'should be first back in class'
28 AprilIrish NewsProfessor Tony Gallagher from Queen's University Belfast said the closure of schools had revealed "the stark reality of the digital divide and the huge inequalities of circumstance among children and families".
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18,000 more people could die of cancer because of coronavirus
29 AprilMetroAlmost 18,000 more people could die from cancer over the next year in England because of the impact of Covid-19, a new study has suggested.
Professor Mark Lawler, from Queen's University Belfast and scientific lead at DATA-CAN, said: ‘We believe countries need to rapidly understand how the emergency is affecting cancer outcomes, otherwise we risk adding cancer and other underlying health conditions to the escalating death toll of the Covid-19 pandemic.’
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Almost 18,000 more people could die of cancer due to coronavirus, study shows
29 AprilThe IndependentResearch has shown that amid the crisis, one in 10 people would not contact their GP even if they discovered a lump or a new mole that remained for a week.
Professor Mark Lawler, scientific lead at DATA-CAN, emphasised the potential for the situation to escalate without educating the public about the consequences the crisis could have on those affected by cancer.
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Queen’s Honorary Graduate executive produces ‘One World: Together At Home’ global concert
29 AprilQueen's University Belfast NewsIrish-American entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist, Declan Kelly - Chairman and CEO of global consulting company, Teneo Holdings – was an executive producer of the recent ‘One World: Together at Home’ virtual concert.
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COVID-19 crisis could trigger cancer epidemic, claims new study
23 AprilInternational Business TimesScientists warn that the pandemic may have impacted treatment of cancer patients, a dangerous disease.
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Should doctors prioritise treatment based on patients' age?
23 AprilDaily ExpressDave Archard, Emeritus Professor at Queen's University in Belfast, stated three reasons why age should not be used to decide who should and should not receive potentially life-saving treatment.
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If coronavirus lockdown lasts for six months, 50,000 cancer patients will die, says top doc
23 AprilThe SunQueen's University's Professor Mark Lawler said there is a risk of a future cancer epidemic. "We are already seeing the indirect effects of the Covid-19 crisis on cancer care," he said.
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Favouring young over old in Covid-19 treatment justifiable, says ethicist
22 AprilThe GuardianDave Archard, Emeritus Professor at Queen’s University, Belfast, said an overburdened service is no excuse for discrimination that would result in a “cull” of older people.
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Younger coronavirus patients shouldn't be given priority treatment
22 AprilDaily MailDave Archard, Emeritus Professor at Queen’s University, Belfast, said an overburdened service is no excuse for discrimination that would result in a “cull” of older people.
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Coronavirus: Thousands of cancers going undiagnosed, warns charity
21 AprilThe TimesNew study warns of the possibility of a "cancer epidemic" in Eroper once the pandemic has passed.
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Academic warns about risk of `cancer epidemic´ following Covid-19 impact
21 AprilDaily MailThere is a risk of a cancer epidemic following the response to Covid-19, an academic has warned.
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Coronavirus crisis 'could trigger a cancer epidemic', expert warns expert
21 AprilThe MirrorQueen's University's Professor Mark Lawler has warned there is a risk of a future cancer epidemic following the worldwide coronavirus outbreak.
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Researchers seek to find alternatives to ventilators
17 ApriliNewsThe joint trial, run by the University of Warwick and Queen's University Belfast and involving up to 4,000 UK patients, will seek to find alternatives to ventilators.
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QUB trials care for critically ill
16 AprilBelfast TelegraphQueen's University experts attempt to find alternative to coronavirus ventilators. The trial will assess whether treating critically-ill Covid-19 patients earlier with non-invasive ventilation could cut the need to use invasive mechanical ventilators later on.
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Coronavirus: Hundreds of nursing students join Covid-19 fight in Northern Ireland
9 AprilBelfast TelegraphMore than 600 final-year nursing and midwifery students from Queen's University Belfast, Ulster University and the Open University have joined the fight against Covid-19 by joining the health and social care workforce early.
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Trial in Britain for cell therapy treatment of Covid-19
8 AprilIrish NewsResearchers at Queen's University Belfast are leading a UK-wide clinical trial, offering an innovative cell therapy treatment for Covid-19 patients with acute respiratory failure.
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Is it safe to handle packaging?
7 AprilBBC NewsQueen's University virologist Dr Conor Bamford is asked on The Nolan Show about the risk of contracting the virus from packages delivered to your door. He says "there is a theoretical hazard, you could theoretically get infected from it" as lab studies have shown that the virus can remain on surfaces such as cardboard for up to a day.
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Queen’s University leading cell therapy clinical trial to help improve outcomes in COVID-19 patients.
7 AprilBBC NewsResearchers at Queen’s University Belfast are leading a UK-wide clinical trial, offering an innovative cell therapy treatment for COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure.
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From dying alone to no goodbye: Death and grief during COVID-19 pandemic
04 AprilChina Global Television NetworkArticle featuring Professor Heather Conway, School of Law, talking about if the pandemic is changing the way we deal with death and the dead.
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Why do healthy people succumb?
2 AprilFrance 24Dr Connor Bamford interviewed on France 24 with regards to why people people succumb to coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Northern Ireland: Queen's Aerospace teams making NHS face shields
2 AprilBelfast LiveArticle about PPE being made by the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering for frontline workers.
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Malaria drug chloroquine helps coronavirus patients recover quicker, finds small study in China
1 AprilDaily Mail OnlineMentions the coronavirus research project taking place at Queen's University.
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COVID-19: students are ready to support the nursing workforce – with your help
1 AprilNursing StandardHear from Eden Baker, a final-year nursing student at Queen's, who is preparing to move to the front line of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Coronavirus: how UK universities are helping the nation
31 MarchUniversity BusinessArticle about how universities across the UK are helping in the fight against the pandemic.
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Coronavirus: When will the curve flatten?
30 MarchIrish NewsDr Connor Bamford, virologist at Queen's University Belfast's Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, said cases will not "level off" (or flatten) until the middle of April. "The numbers will continue to grow - deaths and confirmed cases - as there is a significant lag between getting sick and seeing effects of lockdown," he said.
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Coronavirus is changing funerals and how we deal with the dead
30 MarchThe Conversation UKProfessor Heather Conway, School of Law, discusses how funerals are changing and how we deal with the dead in relation to COVID-19
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There could be up to 62,000 coronavirus cases in Ireland already
29 Marchextra.ieBased on that number of deaths and confirmed cases, Queen’s University Professor Ultan Power predicted that more than 62,000 could be capable of spreading the disease.
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Coronavirus: Areas of NI with low rate of infection must keep guard up, says QUB virologist Connor Bamford
28 MarchBelfast TelegraphNorthern Ireland council areas with low rates of confirmed coronavirus cases must not get complacent, a top virologist has warned. Dr Connor Bamford, a research fellow at Queen's University, issued the plea as the death toll here hit 13 on Friday and the number of recorded infections jumped by 34 to a total of 275 cases.
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COVID-19: what we still don't know
27 MarchCGTNLindsay Broadbent a researcher at Queen's University, Belfast told the UK's LBC radio station that short-term immunity was likely, but long-term immunity was unknown. She said immunity for some ailments such as flu do not last forever and could be cyclical.
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Additional Crematoria for Northern Ireland: ‘Not If but When’?
27 MarchQueen's Policy Engagement BlogProfessor Heather Conway, School of Law, on the potential need for another crematorium in Northern Ireland due to the coronavirus.
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Hard Choices at the Frontline - Nuffield Council on Bioethics
27 MarchNuffield Council on BioethicsBlog by Professor Emeritus David Archard, from the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics and Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, on rationing of care for COVID-19
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Science and psychology of the coronavirus crisis
27 MarchGuardian OnlineMark Flear, School of Law, comments on the EU’s ventilator scheme.
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QUB producing face masks to donate to NHS
27 MarchSync NIAcademic researchers at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) are designing protective shield masks using a 3D printer and donating them to the NHS in the fight against the coronavirus.
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British coronavirus patients CAN get promising blood therapy approved in the US because it was given the green light two weeks ago
27 MarchDaily Mail OnlineMentions coronavirus treatments which are being tested at Queen's University Belfast.
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Coronavirus: More of your questions answered by experts
26 MarchIrish TimesQ&A featuring Professor Ultan Power talking about what to use to sterilise household surfaces adequately to kill harmful microbes including coronavirus.
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Cancer patients reveal worries about future treatment as NHS focuses on Covid-19
26 MarchChannel 4Interview with Professor Emeritus David Archard on how hard decisions are made in relation treatment for cancer patients and COVID-19.
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This is what an emergency looks like - Lessons from the pandemic for addressing our planetary emergency
26 March Imagine Belfast Festival 2020Professor John Barry, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics. "Which is more important? Wealth or health? This is one of the lessons from the coronavirus, what happens to states and citizens when we are forced to choose health, specifically public health, as the over-riding social imperative?"
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UK Government won't reveal when new antibody tests will be rolled out
25 MarchTheUsPosts.comChloroquine was prescribed around 46,000 times in 2018 in the UK – but a form of it is also available over-the-counter from pharmacies without a prescription. It is thought to be among 1,000 drugs being tested against coronavirus in a lab as part of a Queen's University Belfast study.
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A guide to safe outdoor activities during the coronavirus pandemic
25 MarchPopular Science OnlineIf you’ve satisfied all the above precautions and are ready to go, “wash your hands before you go out,” says Grace Roberts, a virologist at Queen’s University Belfast. “You don’t know if you’re infected.” Also, bring everything you need—water, snacks, etc.—so that you can minimize having to stop at any stores. Don’t use public restrooms or other shared facilities. Roberts says that when she’s running, she reserves her left hand for hitting the crosswalk button or any other surfaces, while her right hand is used for adjusting her glasses, or handling water and snacks.
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Coronavirus and obesity: industry urged to act post-crisis
24 MarchFood NavigatorProfessor Chris Elliott talks about the link to our diet and death. Refers to the link between obesity and COVID-19
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COVID-19: Ireland 'ahead of the curve' but delays in testing a concern
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Projects to develop COVID-19 vaccines receive UK government funding
24 MarchNews-Medical.net Australia
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Vaccine trials among recipients of £20 million Coronavirus research investment
23 MarchBusiness & Innovation MagazineProfessor Ultan Power and Professor Ken Mills, Queens University Belfast are recipients of £0.3 million. This project will test a library of approximately 1,000 drugs on cells in the laboratory to determine if any can reduce the toxic effects of novel coronavirus infection. The drugs are already approved for use in humans. They will be tested on airway epithelial cells grown in the lab and infected with novel coronavirus to determine if the drugs can reduce virus infection or replication and virus-induced inflammatory responses. This could identify promising drugs for further testing and clinical trials in 12 months.
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Queen's University awarded grant to find COVID-19 treatment
23 MarchITV (Online)Queen's University has been awarded a grant of almost £300,000 to fund work into finding treatment for COVID-19. The grant forms part of a £20m rapid research response funded by UK Research and Innovation, and by the Department of Health Care through the National Institute for Health Research.
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Government invests £20million into six coronavirus research projects
23 MarchDaily MailNHS patients who are being treated for COVID-10 have signed up to take part in the trials spearheaded by leading institutions in the country, including the University of Edinburgh, Oxford University, Queens University Belfast, the University of Liverpool, and the Imperial College London.
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Coronavirus vaccine trials among projects boosted by £20m government funding
23 MarchIrish Examiner£0.3 million funding will go to a project under Profs Ultan Power and Ken Mills from Queen's University Belfast who are testing a library of around 1,000 human-use approved drugs on cells in the laboratory.
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Frequent washing of hands makes them susceptible to dry skin, but here's the good...
23 MarchKompas.comHand cleaning is one way to protect yourself from infectious diseases. "No need to worry about using lotion or hand-moisturizing creams," said Dr. Lindsay Broadbent, an infectious and immune expert from Queen's University Belfast UK
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Frequent hand washing can cause dry skin, here's how to overcome it
21 MarchTribun Manado"No need to worry about using lotion or hand-moisturizing creams," said Dr. Lindsay Broadbent, an infectious and immune expert from Queen's University Belfast UK, as reported by Guardian. In line with the Broadbent, a viral expert from the University of Leeds, Dr. Stephen Griffin, does not constrain the use of a hand-moisturizing cream or lotion after cleansing the hand.
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Coronavirus: why young and old must pull together to survive this
19 March The Conversation UKDr Gemma Carney, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, examines how solidarity between generations is important to survive the outbreak of COVID-19.
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Coronavirus: Protect yourself inside and outside the home
17 MarchIrish TimesProfessor Ultan Power offers advice on how to prevent the spread of infection including the importance of maintaining good hygiene at home.
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Live Twitter Feed: COVID-19 & Coronavirus Evidence
To tackle the issue of rapid knowledge synthesis and dissemination Dr Ciara Keenan, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation at Queen’s and Dr Damian Fogarty, senior physician and former researcher at Queen’s established an automated aggregating twitter feed https://twitter.com/@COVID_Evidence. This twitter account is the only one at present which exists with a focus on SARS-CoV-2. It produces a diverse range of real-time, peer-reviewed/soon to be reviewed research directly on a feed using the RSS sources from a range of science and medical databases. These include at present PubMed, F1000 research, BMC, bioRxiv, medRxiv, http://clinicaltrials.gov, Nature, Cell and Science.
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Academics make incendiary claim Brexit could delay coronavirus vaccine’s UK arrival
15 March NYTimes Post OnlineDr Mark Flear, School of Law, looks at how Brexit could result in a delay to a coronavirus vaccine in the UK.
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Brexit threatens UK’s ability to respond to a future pandemic
14 March The Guardian/The ObserverDr Mark Flear, School of Law, on how COVID-19 should remind us of just why international cooperation is so important in reducing the threat of infectious disease.
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Coronavirus and Spanish flu: economic lessons to learn from the last truly global pandemic
11 March The Conversation UKDr Chris Colvin, Queen's Management School, on the economic lessons we can learn from the last global pandemic, the Spanish Flu.
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Coronavirus: Can you catch COVID-19 twice? | Euronews answers
6 MarchEuronewsResearch fellow, Dr Connor Bamford, responds to a question regarding whether it is likely that you will catch the coronavirus twice. He stated that is it is "unlikely" the woman in question was re-infected but underlined there was still a lot to learn.
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Can wearing gloves – like the Queen – help protect you against the coronavirus?
4 MarchThe GuardianLindsay Broadbent suggests that wearing gloves do not offer the protection required to stop infection and advises it is safer to wash hand more regularly
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Loss of control over threats like coronavirus a consequence of Brexit
4 March Irish NewsDr Mark Flear, School of Law, on how UK’s fixation on ‘taking back control’ is more likely to lead to a loss of control over future cross-border public health threats on this island, the UK, and across the European continent as a whole.
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Coronavirus shows future access post-Brexit to the EU’s health security system remains vital
4 March The TelegraphDr Mark Flear, School of Law, on how COVID-19 reveals one of the key flaws in the UK government’s stance on its future relationship with the EU.
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Coronavirus, Brexit, and threats to health security
4 March The UK in a Changing EuropeDr Mark Flear, School of Law, looks at COVID-19, and how Brexit threatens to undermine future health security.
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Brexit could delay UK access to a coronavirus vaccine
3 March PoliticoDr Mark Flear, School of Law, considers the impact that Brexit may have on the UK accessing a coronavirus vaccine.
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Special coronavirus pods set up at Northern Ireland hospitals to fight disease
1 MarchSunday LifeQueen’s University Belfast virologist explains how the virus may be transmitted and that for every one person infected, they may infect on average two others.
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Coronavirus might be here to stay – and face masks won't necessarily stop the spread
24 FebruaryThe IndependentDr Connor Bamford writes an article detailing general information on the coronavirus and measures that individuals can take to help minimise the spread.
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Coronavirus and Northern Ireland: The facts about 'Public Enemy Number One'
12 FebruaryBelfast TelegraphResearch fellow, Dr Connor Bamford, writes an opinion article with background information on the coronavirus and measures that individuals can take to help to reduce spreading infection.
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Can wearing masks stop the spread of viruses?
23 JanuaryBBC NewsDr Connor Bamford suggests that implementing simple hygiene measures is vastly more effective than wearing a mask to prevent the spread. “Covering your mouth while sneezing, washing your hands, and not putting your hands to your mouth before washing them, could help limit the risk of catching any respiratory virus," he said.
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China virus outbreak: how coronaviruses spread, and what scientists can do to stop them
22 JanuaryI paperDr Connor Bamford provides background information on the coronavirus, including how it emerged, how it is spreading and whether mutations will make it more deadly.