May 2020 media coverage

The ObserverDaily MailSputnik News. Did a coronavirus cause the pandemic that killed Queen Victoria's heir? Dr David Matthews.
31 May 2020

Las Provincias. Distance Educational Impairment. Professor Simon Burgess. 
31 May 2020

The GuardianNew Statesman. How ten years of privatisation may have exposed England to coronavirus. Professor Gabriel Scally.
31 May 2020

Sunday Express. Coronavirus: Personal risk scores 'could help majority get back to normal life'. Professor George Davey Smith.
31 May 2020

Radio Canada. Yes, there have been real conspiracy theories. Professor Stephen Lewandowsky. 
30 May 2020

NTV. Corona vaccine race: London sees itself as "leader". Professor Adam Finn. 
30 May 2020

The Guardian. Letters: Dominic Cummings’ actions damage public trust. Professor George Davey Smith.
30 May 2020

The Guardian. Coronavirus: the week explained Who should shield from Covid-19?  Professor George Davey Smith.
29 May 2020

TES. Remote learning success shows value of time and space. Lucie Weaver.
29 May 2020

Capital News, Bulgaria. What did we (not) learn about the peculiarities of public behavior during a pandemic?. Dr Emma Anderson.
28 May 2020 

Research Professional News. Internal Covid-19 funding: Short deadlines all round. Dr Emma Anderson and Professor Rachael Gooberman-Hill.
28 May 2020

British Medical Journal. Shielding from covid-19 should be stratified by risk. Professor George Davey Smith.
28 May 2020 

Daily Mail. Britons should get an individual Covid-19 risk score on a scale from one to five to allow healthy youngsters out of the 'damaging' lockdown, scientists say. Professor George Davey Smith.
28 May 2020

G1. Inequality increases Covid-19 lethality in the slum, says study. Dr Patricia Camargo Magalhães. 
28 May 2020

Die Zeit. Wrong, Mr President! Professor Stephen Lewandowsky. 
27 May 2020

Times Higher Education. What next for pandemic research? Professor Philip Thomas. 
27 May 2020

Dentistry. Coming out of lockdown: informing the public and patients. Emetrius Professor Martin Addy. 
27 May 2020

New Scientist. At work, school and seeing friends: How to lower your coronavirus risk. Dr Anders Johansson.     
27 May 2020 

BBC Radio 4 Today programme [listen at 1:50:23 in]. Ethics of infecting volunteers with Covid-19 to find a vaccine for the disease. Dr Jonathan Ives.
27 May 2020

BBC Radio 4 The World Tonight [listen at 16:00 in]. Impact of Dominic Cummings' actions on voters. Paula Surridge.
26 May 2020 

El Confidencial. The English paradox: scientists plan to inoculate the coronavirus to save their vaccine. Dr Jonathan Ives. 
26 May 2020 

BBC One Points West [watch at 11:50 in]. How are we able to monitor how the pandemic is affecting the nation's mental health? Professor Bruce Hood.
26 May 2020

The Times. School closures have put an entire generation at a huge disadvantage. Professor Simon Burgess.    
25 May 2020 

The Guardian and The Sun. Doctors condemn secrecy over false negative Covid-19 tests. Dr Jessica Watson.
25 May 2020

Vice. Cell towers across the world are being targeted because of an anti-5G conspiracy. Professor Stephan Lewandowsky.
25 May 2020

The Observer. UK scientists want to infect volunteers with Covid-19 in race to find vaccine. Professor Jonathan Ives.
24 May 2020

Newstalk. Alive and Kicking with Clare McKenna - The race for a vaccine. Professor Adam Finn.           
24 May 2020

Daily Mail. Coronavirus is vanishing so quickly in Britain that Oxford University's vaccine trial only has a 50% chance of success. Professor Jonathan Ives.
23 May 2020

Xinhua. China's COVID-19 vaccine trial shows promising results. Professor Adam Finn.
23 May 2020

Der Welt. The impact coronavirus will have on university learning.  Professor Bruce McFarlane.
23 May 2020

BBC Radio 4 Today. The impact of not closing the UK's border. Professor Gabriel Scally.
23 May 2020

RTL TodayYahoo! news and France 24. Virus-stung UK banks on vaccine drive. Professor Adam Finn.
22 May 2020

Bristol Live. People wanted for coronavirus vaccine trials in these postcodes.  Professor Adam Finn.
22 May 2020

Wired. The UK's contact tracing plan has two fatal flaws. Professor Gabriel Scally.
22 May 2020

Evening Standard and MSN UK. When will schools reopen? Dr Lucy Wenham.
22 May 2020

The Telegraph. Do not rely on coronavirus antibody test.  Professor Adam Finn.
22 May 2020

ITV news. Coronavirus and reopening schools: What do the experts say? Dr Lucy Wenham.
21 May 2020

BBC News 24. Best practice in keeping coronavirus at bay in the home. Professor Lucy Yardley.
20 May 2020

The Guardian. Healthcare staff to get coronavirus antibody tests from next week. Professor Adam Finn.
20 May 2020

New Statesman. Too little, too late, too flawed: the BMJ on the UK response to Covid-19.  Professor Gabriel Scally.
20 May 2020

Tech Explorist. New study aimed to identify markets that could predict COVID-19 outcome. Drs David Arnold and Fergus Hamilton.
19 May 2020

Chemical & Engineering News. The city of Bristol needed hand sanitizer. How one university stepped up. Professors Tim Gallagher and Adam Perriman.
19 May 2020

Politico and News 24 France. Vaccine skeptics threaten Europe's bid to beat coronavirus. Professor Stephan Lewandowsky.
18 May 2020

Rolling Stone. 'Immune to Evidence': How Dangerous Coronavirus Conspiracies Spread. Professor Stephan Lewandowsky.
18 May 2020

Sky News Today.  The search for a coronavirus vaccine. Professor Adam Finn.
18 May 2020

BBC Bitesize. How to deal with puzzling child behaviour. Professor Paul Howard-Jones.
17 May 2020

The Observer. Did singing together spread coronavirus to four choirs? Professor Adam Finn.
17 May 2020

The Guardian. ‘I can just glide through traffic’: how e-bikes could answer our commuting problems.  Professor Ashley Cooper.
17 May 2020

BBC Two Newsnight [watch at 09.22 in]. How is 'R' calculated and is it reliable?  Dr Ellen Brooks Pollock.
15 May 2020

The Conversation. 'Coronavirus, ‘Plandemic’ and the seven traits of conspiratorial thinking'. Professor Stephan Lewandowsky.
15 May 2020

BBC News online. Coronavirus: Genetic link study participants sought.  Professor Julian Gough.
15 May 2020

The Conversation. 'Coronavirus murders': media narrative about domestic abuse during lockdown is wrong and harmful. Dr Emma Williamson.
15 May 2020

The Conversation. 70% of people surveyed said they’d download a coronavirus app. Only 44% did. Why the gap? Professor Stephan Lewandowsky.
15 May 2020

The Sun and The i. Coronavirus could be passed on through speech, study finds. Dr Michael Cotterell.
14 May 2020

BBC Radio Bristol Breakfast. Bereavement during COVID-19. Dr Lucy Selman.
14 May 2020

Times Higher Education. Will Covid-19 change universities forever? Don’t jump to conclusions. Professor Bruce Macfarlane.
14 May 2020

The Telegraph. When can my child see their friends again? Dr Dan O'Hare.
14 May 2020. 

CGTN. UK government urges public to wear homemade masks. Professor Adam Finn.
14 May 2020

Good Morning Britain. Discussion around the Government's response to the pandemic. Dr Gabriel Scally.
13 May 2020

India Today. Experts divided over men's blood enzyme that causes higher Covid-19 mortality. Professor Paolo Madeddu.
12 May 2020

Sky NewsDaily MailDaily Telegraph [behind a paywall] and GizmodoLeave deliveries for 72 hours to limit risk of virus exposure, experts say. Professor Lucy Yardley.
11 May 2020

BBC Radio 5 Live [listen at 2:15:22 in]. Interview about minimising risk and maintaining infection control as lockdown eases. Professor Lucy Yardley.
11 May 2020

The Guardian. Confusion dilutes lockdown message. Professor Adam Finn.
10 May 2020

BBC Radio Bristol Saturday Breakfast with Ali Vowles. SleepQuest study to understand sleep quality, mental health and circadian rhythms in older people during COVID-19. Alfie Wearn.
9 May 2020

The Sun and Metro. Italian scientists claim to have ‘first vaccine that kills coronavirus’. Professor Adam Finn.
7 May 2020

Bristol Live. 6,000 people take part in 'groundbreaking' Bristol coronavirus study. Professor Nic Timpson.
7 May 2020

Bristol Live. Bristol's Government advisor explains next stage of coronavirus lockdown. Professor Lucy Yardley.
7 May 2020

The Telegraph. Household isolation could lessen severity of virus symptoms, study suggests. Professor Lucy Yardley.
7 May 2020

BBC Two: Our Finest Hours [watch at 10.47]. Medical students graduating early.
6 May 2020

BBC Points West, BBC online newsNew app helps protect people looking after loved ones with coronavirus. Professor Lucy Yardley.
6 May 2020

BBC Points West. Vital coronavirus research to track frontline NHS staff in Bristol. Dr Anu Goenka.
6 May 2020

BBC Radio 4 More or Less [listen at 17.03 in]. Obesity risk and coronavirus. Professor Julian Hamilton-Shield.
6 May 2020

Yahoo! newsDaily MailThe Sun and BBC Radio 4 Today programme [listen at 00:51:20] Exposure to higher 'viral load' when infected could make victims more severely ill. Professor Lucy Yardley.
6 May 2020

The Telegraph. Coronavirus Q&A: When will schools reopen & is it safe to send my child? Dr Dan O'Hare.
5 May 2020

The Conversation. What you need to know about how coronavirus is changing science. Professor Marcus Munafo.
5 May 2020

ITV.com. Partial list of SAGE membership list released by government following pressure. Professor Lucy Yardley                                 
4 May 2020

The Telegraph. Do breathing techniques work to help fight against coronavirus? Dr James Dodd.                                                       
4 May 202

BBC Radio Bristol [listen at 55:40 in]. Interview about testing and contact tracing. Professor Adam Finn.
4 May 2020

BBC Points West. Interview about Bristol's role in testing, transmission and vaccine development. Professor Adam Finn.
4 May 2020

Daily Mirror. How rival coronavirus science advisors compare to the government's position. Professor Gabriel Scally.
4 May 2020.

The Conversation. Coronavirus: what risks do people with kidney disease face? Professor Richard Coward.
4 May 2020

The Observer. UK lockdown must not be lifted until Covid-19 transmission is understood, say scientists. Professor Adam Finn and Professor Jonathan Reid.
3 May 2020

The GuardianYahoo! News and Sky News Arabia. UK lockdown must not be lifted until Covid-19 transmission is understood, say scientists. Professor Adam Finn.
3 May 2020 

BBC Radio 4, Today programme. A cure at what cost? Professor George Davey Smith and Professor Philip Thomas.
3 May 2020

Sky News. Interview about the grieving process when someone dies from coronavirus. Dr Lucy Selman.
2 May 2020

BBC Radio 4 The World Tonight [listen at 13.10 in]. The role of poverty in the pandemic. Professor David Gordon.
1 May 2020

Business Insider. 15 beliefs about fitness and exercise which aren't true. Dr Ahmend Elhakeem.
1 May 2020

Le MondeRussia TodayDaily MailDer Welt and Huffington Post. Coronavirus death rate among BAME Britains is more than 2.5 times higher than that of the white population. Professor Tim Cook.
1 May 2020

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