Author turned activist, Larry Kramer, recently passed away at the age of 84. Having lived with HIV for over 30 years of his life, Kramer’s activism played a key role in the fight against HIV/AIDS […]
University Offers Staff and Equipment to Support NHS in Effort to Fight Coronavirus
Last Friday, the University of Leeds announced it was doing its part in helping fight the coronavirus epidemic by offering support in terms of equipment, staff, and its campus space. The University has made available […]
Open Access Database Created to Accelerate Research into Novel Coronavirus
In the wake of the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, we have witnessed communities and nations come together in unexpected ways, based on the knowledge that collaboration is vital – and uplifting – in times of unease. […]
University of Leeds to Shift to Online Teaching on 27th April
The University of Leeds has made the decision to transition to full online teaching and learning from Monday 27th April, the date students were due to return from the Easter holidays break. This decision was […]
University of Leeds Student Tested for Suspected Coronavirus
A University of Leeds student has been tested for suspected coronavirus. Two people in hazmat suits and an ambulance were reported by at least two people outside the Ellerslie Global Halls of Residence on Lyddon […]
Coronavirus Sparks Claims of Discrimination Against Chinese Students
The outbreak of coronavirus has led to claims of racial abuse in the UK after a Chinese student at Newcastle University complained that a student on campus screamed and ran away from him. According to […]
What is Coronavirus?
On 1st January, wet markets in the city of Wuhan in central China were shuttered as the first outbreaks of the new strain of coronavirus were epidemiologically linked to customers of the animal and seafood […]
The Coronavirus: What Does It Mean For The UK?
For the last week international attention has turned to China after a new virus, the Coronavirus or nCov, emerged from the city of Wuhan in the country’s Hubei province. Speculation as to the origins of […]
Leeds University and LUU Advise Students on Coronavirus
The New Year’s festivities this year were cancelled in Beijing due to the discovery and growing spread of a new coronavirus, cousin of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) that affected China in 2003. It […]
Schools in Leeds Shut due to Winter Viruses
A number of schools located in West Yorkshire were temporarily shut due to widespread outbreaks of norovirus and flu. Two schools in Leeds and four in Bradford were closed with some of the properties undergoing […]
You’ve Snot To Be Kidding Me!
If you just can’t seem to shake that post-Freshers’ Week hangover, there may be more than meets the eye – you may be suffering from the infamous Freshers Flu! There will be moments during freshers […]
Exploiting viruses: from cold sores to cancer cures
Is it possible for us to exploit something that is potentially harmful to us, to alleviate something that might cause even greater harm? That is the big question for researchers in Leeds and around the […]