UCL in the media
Donald Trump has a suburban problem
Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) said: "Trump is doubtlessly alienating to large swathes of suburbia, which tend have higher concentrations of wealthier and college-educated voters that have broadly turned away from the GOP”.
New classification of tuberculosis to support efforts to eliminate the disease
A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has been presented by an international team involving researchers at ʼһ, including Dr Hanif Esmail (UCL Institute for Global Health).
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Could anti-Trump Republicans form a brand-new party?
Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) said forming a new party would be ‘political suicide’ for Donald Trump. He said: "Trump has remade the GOP thoroughly in his own image".
Donald Trump is crushing Joe Biden in Michigan
Dr Thomas Gift (UCL Political Science) said: "Trump was able to flip the Wolverine state narrowly in 2016, and if recent polling is indicative, he looks poised to make a serious run at it again".
How UCL research helped achieve the UKs’ first cyberflashing conviction
The first conviction of cyberflashing, which was directly informed by Prof Jessica Ringrose (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society) and Dr Kaitlyn Regehr’s (UCL Information Studies) research has taken place, evidencing the online harms of a ‘dangerously normalised’ practice.
Humans pass more viruses to other animals than we catch from them
Humans pass on more viruses to domestic and wild animals than we catch from them, according to analysis of viral genomes by Professor Francois Balloux (UCL Genetics Institute), PhD student Cedric Tan (UCL Genetics Institute) and Dr Lucy van Dorp (UCL Genetics Institute).
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App can help people reduce their alcohol intake
A free smartphone app, Drink Less, can help people who would benefit most from reducing their alcohol consumption to do so successfully, according to a large randomised controlled trial led by UCL researchers, led by Dr Melissa Oldham (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care)
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Understanding the health risks of vaping
Action is “absolutely needed” to tackle youth vaping but it cannot be at the cost of driving potential and existing smokers back onto cigarettes, says Professor Lion Shahab (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care).
Body dysmorphia affects many teens, especially girls, study shows
Body dysmorphia affects about two in every 100 teens (1.9%), with the disorder being six times more common in girls than in boys, according to a new report led by Dr Georgina Krebs (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).
How to spot UTI symptoms
“The gut plays a big role in UTIs, as bad bacteria from the back passage can find their way to the opening of the urethra,” explains Professor Jennifer Rohn (UCL Renal Medicine).
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