- First UK patient receives innovative lung cancer vaccine https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/first-uk-patient-receives-innovative-lung-cancer-vaccine 7 comments worldnews
- An observational study of patients in London hospitals suggests that the B.1.1.7. variant is not associated with more severe illness and death, but appears to lead to higher viral load, consistent with emerging evidence that this lineage is more transmissible than the original COVID-19 strain. https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/covid-19-variant-b117-more-transmissible-does-not-increase-disease-severity-hospitalised-patients 3 comments science
- Loss of smell a ‘highly specific’ indicator of Covid-19. 77.6% of 567 people with smell and/or taste loss had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies; 39.8% had neither cough nor fever, and participants with loss of smell were 3 times more to have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, compared with those with loss of taste. http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/pages/smelllosshighlyspecificindicatorcovid19.aspx 474 comments science