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30 Jun 2020

African countries battle-ready to take on COVID-19 new Nature Medicine publication

Experience combating Ebola has been a key element in the effective response of African nations to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ,research today from Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science in collaboration with the African Research Network.

29 Jun 2020

Working Paper: The Distributional Impact of Covid-19: Geographic Variation in Mortality in England

We find that age and sex standardized death rates from Covid-19 during 1 March to 31 May 2020 in English Local Authority areas depend strongly on their rates of infection, but, even allowing for this, death rates are higher in areas of higher population density.

15 Jun 2020

COVID19 Excess Deaths in England and Wales

The paper addresses the measurement of ‘excess deaths’ related to the Covid-19 pandemic for the period up to 29 May 2020. In particular, it examines excess death rates by age, gender and region and over time, and their relation to the changes in the proportion of deaths occurring in care homes.

18 Apr 2020

Lifting the lockdown with social bubbles Nature Human Behaviour publication

Lifting the lockdown in favour of strategic distancing, could lead to improved compliance with official recommendations and ‘keep the curve’ flat, in terms of COVID-19 infections, according to a report today from Oxford researchers.

18 Apr 2020

Update Likely Progress of COVID-19 in the UK

This regular update accompanies the post 'The Likely Progress of COVID-19 in the UK'

10 Apr 2020

The Likely Progress of COVID-19 in the UK

Bottom line: expect 55,000 registered Covid-19 deaths by 29 June; the rate of increase in the UK’s confirmed cases remains high relative to other large European countries

15 Mar 2020

Demographic science aids in understanding the spread and fatality rates of COVID-19

Now out and open access in PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

5 Mar 2020

Launch of new real-time monitor of genetic discoveries

Real-time monitor of genetic discoveries pushes for equality and accountability to expand medical advances in genetics beyond European ancestry groups

24 Feb 2020

Hear Melinda Mills discuss the intersection of genetics and fertility

Centre Director Professor Melinda Mills was the guest on the latest episode of the Insight podcast, discussing the intersection of demography and genetics.