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Existing limited evidence suggests that wearing face coverings to protect against COVID-19 does not lead to a false sense of security and is unlikely to increase the risk of infection through wearers foregoing other behaviours such as good hand hygiene, say researchers from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and King’s College London.

People who work in jobs that require less physical activity – typically office and desk-based jobs – are at a lower risk of subsequent poor cognition than those whose work is more physically active, suggests new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge. 

One of Cambridge’s newest institutes, established to study the relationship between infectious disease and our immune systems, is leading the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with over 150 scientists and clinicians, the UK’s largest academic Containment Level 3 Facility, and a range of collaborators from across the UK and beyond. 

̽»¨Ö±²¥size of glass used for serving wine can influence the amount of wine drunk, suggests new research from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). ̽»¨Ö±²¥study found that when restaurants served wine in 370ml rather than 300ml glasses they sold more wine, and tended to sell less when they used 250ml glasses. These effects were not seen in bars.