Bob Aunger and Sally Bloomfield are interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s A Spring Clean Symphony discussing what ‘clean’ means: “I like to think that a lot of our hygiene behaviour should be automatic. It’s associated with the function of keeping us going, both our bodies and our domestic…
Martin McKee is quoted in the Telegraph about the Lancet series on the state on health in Europe:
“While some countries have excelled, others have withdrawn services due to the financial crisis, failed to adapt to new health challenges, and lacked the will to implement public health policies around tobacco…
Chris Grundy speaks to The Times for a feature on the Cartographies of Life & Death exhibition: “He was the first person to really look at this connection between diseases and what else was going on physically.” About.com also covers the exhibition.
James Logan co-presents BBC Four’s…
To mark the opening of the Cartographies of Life & Death exhibition, Ros Stanwell-Smith talks to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme about the history and legacy of John Snow’s work on cholera: “He comes to the idea, which is outrageous to people living at the time, that…
Peter Piot speaks to BBC Newsnight and the Daily Mail about the case of a Mississippi baby born with HIV who appears to now be free of the virus following very early treatment with antiretroviral drugs: “This is exciting news because it provides a proof of concept, that it is…
Sarah Walters talks to BBC News online about a new study highlighting lower rates of late-stage breast cancer survival in the UK and Denmark, in comparison to other high-income countries: “The roll-out of national mammography screening will be expected to improve overall survival in Denmark. In the…
James Logan and Nina Stanczyk are interviewed on BBC News online, BBC News Channel, BBC Radio 4 You and Yours, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Scotland, ABC Australia and Voice of Russia about new research showing mosquitoes exposed to DEET once are less repelled by it a few hours…
Val Curtis speaks to BBC Radio London, BBC News channel and BBC London TV about health issues associated with spitting in the street, linked to the introduction of fines being by a London Council: “Once upon a time it would have been a danger… when tuberculosis was rife… but it…
Paul Fine co-authors a comment in the Lancet about trial results that show the failure of a new TB vaccine to protect infants against the disease: “Although the trial raised no concerns about safety, the absence of any detectable efficacy presents the tuberculosis vaccine community with a serious challenge…
Laura Rodrigues in the Guardian on why the School has one of the highest rates of women in professorial roles in the UK: “I believe there’s a snowball effect… The more the junior female staff and students see female scientists directing courses, leading seminars, being in positions of responsibility…
