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11 students from the UCL Academy in Camden, London, have achieved the results needed for their move to UCL. The students will go on to study subjects including Architecture, Archaeology, Maths and Law.

Total antibody levels appear to start declining from as early as six weeks after complete vaccination and can reduce by more than 50% over 10 weeks, according to new data from UCL’s Virus Watch study.

An estimated 1.5 million children worldwide have experienced the death of a parent, custodial grandparent, or other relative who cared for them, as a result of COVID-19, according to a new global study involving UCL researchers, published today in The Lancet.

Ultra-processed food should carry serious health warnings, especially when marketed to children, according to UCL academics and global experts who are calling for children’s interests to be included across all government policies.

People who spent time in care during childhood are being ‘failed’ and some social and health inequalities have worsened for these adults since the 1970s, finds a new UCL-led report, based on research documenting people’s lives until their 40s.

At age 17, 9% of males have carried or used a weapon, with one in four of those involved in this form of serious offending reporting they are gang members, according to UCL researchers.

The UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) – the leading global institute on health inequalities – has published a new framework led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot, which includes new recommendations on how to reduce health inequities and build back fairer following the pandemic.

Physical punishment of children is not effective in improving children's behaviour and instead increases behavioural difficulties, according to a landmark review led by UCL and an international team of experts who have analysed 20 years’ research on the topic.

Couples who conceived through IVF and other fertility treatments have opposite mental health trajectories around the time of pregnancy to couples who conceived naturally, according to a new study by UCL and University of Padua researchers.

One in eight adults over 50 had a hospital operation or treatment cancelled last year and this rose to one in five for those with two or more existing medical conditions, according to new research led by UCL. The most common treatments cancelled were eye and cancer surgery.

Children on vegan diets have a healthier cardiovascular profile and less body fat than their omnivore peers, but the diets may affect growth, bone mineral content and micronutrient status, according to researchers from UCL and the Children’s Memorial Health Institute in Warsaw.

Older adults with more natural teeth are better able to perform everyday tasks such as cooking a meal, making a telephone call or going shopping, according to researchers from UCL and the Tokyo Medical and Dental University.

Scientists and clinicians at UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) studying the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapies in children with leukaemia, have discovered a small sub-set of T-cells that are likely to play a key role in whether the treatment is successful.

A study to help get large-scale events back up and running will be collecting and analysing data from test events in London, including this weekend’s FA Cup Final and the BRIT Awards.

UCL’s Health of the Public, the new multi-disciplinary research school led by Professors Dame Anne Johnson and Graham Hart, has set out its vision for improving the public’s future health.