• New COVID-19 test can deliver accurate results in 30 minutes

    New COVID-19 test can deliver accurate results in 30 minutes

    The Prenetics test, based on research from Oxford University, uses technology that amplifies genetic material from the virus and allows it to be detected quickly, according to the company.
  • Oxford Researchers Identify First Drug Proven to Reduce COVID-19 Fatalities

    Oxford Researchers Identify First Drug Proven to Reduce COVID-19 Fatalities

    Researchers at the University of Oxford announced Tuesday that they had found the first proven life-saving coronavirus treatment, after a clinical trial of dexamethasone, a low-cost steroid treatment, cut the risk of death by one-third for coronavirus patients on ventilators and one-fifth for those on oxygen. The study, part of the U.K.’s “Recovery Trial” project …
  • There is only a 50% chance of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine working

    There is only a 50% chance of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine working

    Professor Adrian Hill describes the efforts to create a vaccine as a “race against the virus disappearing, and against time”. There is only a 50% chance of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine working because cases in the UK are declining so fast, one of the scientists behind it has warned. The University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute …