November 13, 2020 Cancer patients at increased risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 Patients with cancer have a much higher risk of severe outcomes and death from COVID-19 than non-cancer patients. In an analysis of 15 research studies involving more than 3,000 patients around the world, researchers found that cancer patients who contracted COVID-19 had a 23 per cent risk of mortality compared to non-cancer patients with COVID […]
December 11, 2017 Imperial academic wins prestigious research award An Imperial academic has been awarded a prestigious research professorship for work to help accelerate the elimination of hepatitis C in the UK. Professor Graham Cooke, Reader of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College London, was awarded the research professorship by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to develop new ways of diagnosing and managing […]