Dan Ryan Oct 18 2 min Do you know your blood group? Back in June, a meta-analysis study across China and the USA investigated the relationship between different blood groups (O, A, B, & AB)...
Dan Ryan Oct 16 1 min The power of mutation Our battle with COVID-19 has developed unprecedented insights into the foe that we face, with almost 150,000 samples sequenced and made p...
Dan Ryan Sep 28 2 min Pooling COVID-19 samples - not a new solution Although the UK has one of the highest rates of COVID-19 testing in the world, we are struggling with demand - with Baroness Dido Harding...
Dan Ryan Sep 23 3 min COVID-19 and superspreaders The oft repeated mantra is that COVID-19 is not flu. And on the night that curfews are announced for pubs, bars and restaurants across th...
Dan Ryan Sep 21 2 min Why colds are more common in winter? As we were warned today that the number of COVID-19 infections in the UK could soar to 50,000 a day by mid-October, let us expand our und...
Dan Ryan Sep 20 1 min Winter is coming, but it is not here yet At the end of last month we shared some analysis of COVID-19 hospitalisation rates, thanks to ECDC and US Covid-Net. Three weeks on (Wee...
Dan Ryan Aug 29 2 min The metrics of COVID-19 “Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand ...
Dan Ryan May 26 1 min Recognising those we have lost At 4.42pm today, it was announced that 37,048 lives had been lost in the UK because of COVID-19. That is a tragic statement, and nothing...
Dan Ryan May 20 1 min Unravelling excess mortality in UK - 2 weeks ago Bringing together ONS weekly registrations today with predictions based on NHS England data highlights that over the 8 week period to May...
Dan Ryan May 1 1 min Our immune system in the battle against COVID-19 In a publication with Swiss Re, we explore the landscape of COVID-19 testing and explain why our immune responses to the virus are so var...
Dan Ryan Apr 25 1 min Need to focus on when deaths happened, not when reported Over 3 weeks ago, NHS England started providing us with vital information on when deaths in NHS hospitals actually happened rather than w...
Dan Ryan Apr 22 1 min Shining a light on homes and nursing homes Today the ONS released their anticipated (but dreaded) update on deaths registered in England & Wales up until 10 April. The stark compar...
Dan Ryan Mar 31 3 min Why so many negative SARS-CoV2 tests in UK? According to Public Health England, over the last 24 hour recorded cycle, according to DoHSC, 8,240 individuals were tested in the UK for...
Dan Ryan Mar 25 2 min Tracking COVID-19 "Necessity is the mother of invention". Opportunities to learn more about the spread of SARS-CoV-2 have been missed. This was to be expe...
Dan Ryan Mar 21 2 min SARS-CoV-2 Antibody test and specificity "Testing, testing, testing" has been the mantra from the head of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The knowl...
Dan Ryan Mar 19 1 min Multi-generational households and COVID-19 Research published in Demographic Science from the University of Oxford and Nuffield College provided perspective on the tragedy unfoldin...
Dan Ryan Mar 17 2 min COVID-19 in the digital age Abandoned offices. Shuttered restaurants. Snaking queues in the supermarkets and pharmacies. Borders re-discovered. COVID-19 has managed ...
