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New campaign highlights need to seek help for ‘vague but concerning’ cancer symptoms

22 July 2021

Cardiff University-led campaign will feature trained ‘cancer champions’

Cardiff University awarded major funding to research long Covid

19 July 2021

New studies will look at role of immune system in long-term disease and rehabilitation

More than one in five people ‘less likely to attend cancer screening post-pandemic’

16 July 2021

Cardiff University-led survey looked in detail at impact of COVID-19 on attitudes to screening

COVID-19 infection in pregnancy not linked with stillbirth or baby death, study finds

23 February 2021

Cardiff University built global registry of those affected by COVID in pregnancy

ROCS study shows reduced bleeding in tumours treated with radiotherapy

22 February 2021

Published in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the Radiotherapy after Oesophageal Cancer Stenting (ROCS) study has become the first prospective trial to show reduced bleeding in tumours treated with radiotherapy in patients with advanced disease.

Specialist home visiting improves school readiness and learning but does not reduce abuse and neglect by Key Stage 1 new research by Cardiff reveals

10 February 2021

A new report led by Cardiff researchers provides new insight into how specialist home visiting can support families.

New education resources launched to mark World Cancer Day and inspire next generation of researchers

4 February 2021

Teachers, researchers and poets join forces to educate schoolchildren about cancer

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Call for Welsh care homes to be part of new COVID-19 trial

1 February 2021

Trial involving Cardiff University will test to see if preventative drugs could help to treat COVID-19

New study to evaluate antibiotic use in COVID-19 hospital patients

11 December 2020

Data indicates antibiotics are being ‘unnecessarily’ prescribed in patients with the virus

First study to assess risk of COVID-19 to health of care workers in Wales

30 October 2020

Cardiff University-led study will assess health of nation’s 20,000 domiciliary care staff