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Strict adherence to Government Covid-19 lockdown guidelines and overall confidence in government are at all-time lows, according to UCL's Covid-19 social study of over 90,000 adults during the coronavirus epidemic.

Moderate frequency handwashing six to ten times a day is linked to a lower risk of seasonal coronavirus infection, according to a new UCL study. The research, published in  Wellcome Open Research  and awaiting peer review, is the first empirical evidence that regular handwashing can reduce personal risk of acquiring seasonal coronavirus infection.

Disproportionate numbers of adults with chronic diseases and conditions, such as obesity, hypertension and lung disease, reduced their physical activity levels during the first weeks of the UK COVID-19 lockdown, according to a new study co-led led by UCL.

Across the world doctors are reporting COVID-19 patients developing dangerous blood clots. Here Professor David Werring and Associate Professor Arvind Chandratheva (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) describe similar findings in those patients who went on to have a stroke.

Up to 30,000 healthcare workers from across the globe will be recruited to participate in a clinical trial co-led by UCL, which aims to establish whether chloroquine, a widely prescribed anti-malaria drug, could also prevent people from getting COVID-19.

In a piece for The Conversation, Dr Qasim Rafiq and Professor Martina Micheletti (UCL Biochemical Engineering) describe the challenges of quickly ramping up production of a coronavirus vaccine.

The fifty newly elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) includes nine academics from UCL, in recognition of the incredible contributions they have made to medical science.

Nearly eight in ten people are worried about COVID-19 infections rising and people not adhering to social distancing as lockdown is eased, according to UCL's COVID-19 study.

Dr Siobhan Morris and Dr Olivia Stevenson (both UCL Office of the Vice Provost: Research) call for widespread recording of ethnicity on death certificates to build a complete picture of deaths from Covid-19.

Dr Siobhan Morris and Dr Olivia Stevenson (both UCL Office of the Vice Provost: Research) call for widespread recording of ethnicity on death certificates to build a complete picture of deaths from Covid-19.

Associate Professor Qasim Rafiq and Professor Martina Micheletti (UCL Biochemical Engineering) comment on the challenges involved in the manufacturing process as the world races to develop a vaccine for Covid-19.

The Covid-19 pandemic is a complex issue that requires more than simply medical expertise to solve, meaning the lack of disciplinary diversity on the UK's government advisory groups is cause for concern, writes Dr Erman Sozudogru (UCL Science & Technology Studies).

Breathing aids developed by engineers at UCL and Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains working with clinicians at UCLH have been delivered to 46 NHS hospitals across the country.

Families need more help to make quick decisions about the care their dying older relatives with dementia should receive during Covid-19, say UCL researchers, with the support of Marie Curie and the Alzheimer's Society.

Stress about catching and becoming seriously ill from COVID-19 has risen over the last week amid growing speculation that the UK may ease lockdown restrictions, according to the UK's largest survey of adults' wellbeing and mental health during the coronavirus epidemic led by UCL. The Covid-19 study has found that stress levels are higher among those living with children than those without.

UCL's Centre for Access to Justice (CAJ) is continuing to offer free legal advice on social welfare issues to ensure that vulnerable adults have a lifeline of support throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Annamaria Dall'Anese, PhD student in UCL Anthropology, shares her 10 top tips for acing your exams. We are approaching that time of the year when exams loom.

This week we meet Andrea Franchini, a first-year PhD student in Civil Engineering. Andrea chats to us about his top tips on what to do while in lockdown and his experience taking part in an online entrepreneurial workshop organised by UCL Innovation & Enterprise.

Covid-19 has drawn attention to the role that science and expert advice plays in policymaking during an emergency, writes Professor Brian Collins (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) in an article co-authored with Kieron Flanagan from the University of Manchester.

Wellbeing among all age groups is lower than usual levels during lockdown and is lowest for those aged 18-29, according to UCL's Covid-19 study, the UK's largest study on adults' wellbeing and mental health during the coronavirus epidemic. The study, which is funded by the Nuffield Foundation, was launched a month ago, has over 80,000 participants and reports on how adults feel about the lockdown, government advice, feelings of loneliness and wellbeing, and their mental health.

Dr Peter Spooner (UCL Earth Sciences) shares what his team's study of deep-sea fossils reveals about the changes in ocean circulation, and how that has affected ecosystems in the Atlantic Ocean. Changes in ocean circulation may have caused a shift in Atlantic Ocean ecosystems not seen for the past 10,000 years, new analysis of deep-sea fossils has revealed.

The COVID-19 emergency in England could result in at least 20% more deaths over the next 12 months in people who have been newly diagnosed with cancer, according to a UCL study with DATA-CAN: The Health Data Research Hub for Cancer in the UK. The new analysis, published today as a preprint, is the first to focus on the impact of the emergency on mortality rates in people with cancer and uses data from the health records of over 3.5 million patients in England.

UCL Press, the UK's first fully Open Access University Press, has announced that there have been more than three million downloads globally of its books and journals.

This week we meet Bennett Kleinberg, lecturer in data science in the Department of Security and Crime Science and the Dawes Centre for Future Crime.

UCL has joined the Met Office Academic Partnership, with the University of Bristol, to work collaboratively on transforming data sciences to secure the UK's world-leading position in weather forecasting and climate prediction.