Tag: Oxford

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Vaccine inequity undermines global economy recovery, WHO, UNDP and Oxford University

  

  COVID-19 vaccine inequity will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low and lower-middle-income countries without urgent action to boost supply and assure equitable access for every country, including through dose sharing, according to new data released today by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Oxford.

• Tuesday, January 12th 2021 - 11:57 UTC

  Falkland Islands to receive Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine next month

  

  The Falkland Islands Government informed on Tuesday in a Press Release that it is “pleased” to announce that 3,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are expected to be received in the first week of February 2021.

• Tuesday, January 5th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  UK becomes first country to roll out the Oxford vaccine; but Johnson also orders new lockdown in England

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered England into a new national lockdown to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system before a vaccine program reaches a critical mass.

• Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  India buys 1,6 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines, Novavax, Oxford and Sputnik

  

  India has bought 1.6 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines, which is more than any other country, according to a global analysis. Using its massive manufacturing clout, the country purchased 500 million doses of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate, one billion from the American company Novavax and 100 million doses of the Sputnik V candidate from Russia's Gamaleya Research Institute, said the USA-based Duke University Global Health Innovation Centre.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Oxford immunologist on coronavirus vaccine: our early results look highly promising

  

  By Rebecca Ashfiled (*) – A vaccine against COVID-19 is urgently needed if we’re to stop the virus spreading and prevent potentially millions of further deaths. We’re now one step closer to that goal.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 06:50 UTC

  UK universities under financial stress: lockdowns and absence of foreign students

  

  With conferences cancelled and revenues hit because of a lack of rent from student accommodation, Britain's universities are reeling from the global coronavirus pandemic. Schools have already lost millions of pounds thanks to enforced closures under lockdown, and things could get worse still.

• Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  UK needs super talented “weirdos and mistifs” and no more “Oxbridge” graduates

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose Conservative Party trounced Labour in last month's elections, has vowed to strike new trade deals with countries outside Europe after Britain's departure from the European Union.

• Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Now the race (and Brexit challenge) is down to Boris and Jeremy

  

  Fervent Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson and foreign minister Jeremy Hunt emerged on Thursday as the only two candidates left in the race to become British prime minister, with the flamboyant Johnson odds-on favorite to win next month.

• Wednesday, September 19th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  Mini factory in Oxford will shut down for a month in April 2019 in case of a no deal Brexit

  

  Mini factory in Oxford will shut down for a month after Brexit at the end of March to minimize disruption in case of a no-deal outcome. Owner BMW said its summer maintenance shutdown had been brought forward to 1 April to reduce any “possible short-term parts-supply disruption”.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2018 - 09:52 UTC

  AI system beats cardiologists and oncologists in detecting heart diseases and lung cancer

  

  Researchers at an Oxford hospital have developed artificial intelligence (AI) that can diagnose scans for heart disease and lung cancer. The systems will save billions of pounds by enabling the diseases to be picked up much earlier. The heart disease technology will start to be available to NHS hospitals for free this summer.