Search

7 Apr 2021: Dr Sonia Ilie, its lead author, said: “In many lower-income countries, low socio-economic status is a continual barrier to young people’s attainment. ... It also suggests that factors such as a person’s gender interact with their socio-economic

20 Oct 2021: and telecoms sector, and supporting regional and national innovation strategy and policy in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia. ... His management training has included the Royal College of Art, London School of Economics, MIT Sloan, Harvard Business

20 May 2021: Standardised test scores and teacher reports were used to measure academic attainment, and a survey of standard risk factors, taken when the children were very young, to establish socio-economic status. ... When the researchers factored in low

15 Apr 2021: Sensitivity is the ‘true positive’ rate – that is, how often a test correctly generates a positive result for people who have Barrett oesophagus. ... Specificity, on the other hand, measures a test’s ability to correctly generate a negative

17 Nov 2021: The vision is to create two-way alliances with scientists working in Low- and Middle- Income Countries (LMIC), where the burden of infectious disease is greatest. ... We still face big challenges in the form of economic and political will but I’m

3 Feb 2021: If a household sample tests positive, then those students who swabbed would take an individual confirmatory test – if they or anyone else in their household tested positive in this follow-up, ... students received the right tests and the right test

22 Mar 2021: Towards the middle of December, a sombre Matt Hancock, UK Health Secretary, stood up to deliver an address to the House of Commons. ... This is under regular review to ensure that tests do not become so affected that they report a false negative result.

2 Jun 2021: A new analysis of crime rates in 27 cities across 23 countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East has found that stay-at-home policies during the pandemic ... The research team found no overall relationship between measures such as school

25 Jan 2021: The case of China is complex. It does not claim to be a liberal democracy, and its recent economic growth, while lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty, has created new ... The emerging evidence is that test and trace systems work best when

5 Feb 2021: fatalities: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) CoV, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) CoV-1 and CoV-2. ... The COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous social and economic damage. Governments must seize the opportunity to reduce health