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« Back to NewsNew study reveals the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on other causes of death
20 December 2024
An international study involving researchers at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science has found significant effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on many causes of death across 24 countries.
Certain antimalarial drugs show moderate effect in preventing COVID-19
19 December 2024
Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) have led the world’s largest study on the use of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to prevent COVID-19. With results showing moderate protection against the virus, the trial involved over 4,600 participants and found a 15% reduction in symptomatic COVID-19 among those who took the medications compared to those who took a placebo.
Land travel and local mobility played a key role in COVID-19 spread in Chile
29 November 2024
An international team led by researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on Pandemic Genomics studied how local travel patterns and mobile data from Chile can improve global pandemic responses, highlighting the importance of land-based mobility and targeted strategies.
Researchers track how flu is affected during a pandemic
8 November 2024
An international team of researchers, including researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on Pandemic Genomics, have traced the global movement and evolution of seasonal influenza viruses to evaluate how the virus is impacted during pandemics.
Small cash incentives improve vaccine uptake in rural areas of African countries
27 November 2023
Researchers from the University of Ghana and Oxford University, including researchers from Oxford Population Health’s Health Economics Research Centre, have shown that small cash incentives increased COVID-19 vaccine uptake in rural Ghana. The findings, published in Nature Medicine, could offer a new strategy for enhancing health interventions in Africa.
RECOVERY trial expands to investigate treatments for influenza
31 October 2023
The RECOVERY trial, which discovered four effective treatments for COVID-19, has expanded to investigate treatments for influenza (flu).