• Higher COVID-19 Deaths Among BAME People

    In a report released on Tuesday 2nd June, Public Health England confirmed death rates to be highest amongst Black and Minority Ethnic groups. According to the Office of National Statistics, Black people were up to four times more likely to die of COVID-19, whilst Asians are about twice as likely...
  • University of Nottingham Joins National Consortium to Sequence COVID-19

    The University of Nottingham has announced its involvement in a Government-backed project promoting the use of whole genome sequencing to better understand the spreading and behaviour of COVID-19....
  • Coronavirus Outbreak

    On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) was notified to several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. These reports caused initial panic with little knowledge on how it would effect people. The virus did not match any other known virus. However, on 7...
  • 16ft Lungs to Raise Air Pollution Awareness

    Amid increasing concerns about air pollution, and the climate crisis as a whole, E.ON energy installed a 16ft statue of a pair of lungs on Smithy Row last week to raise awareness. Different coloured smoke represent the pollutants; nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and PM 2.5. The statues have been...