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Lauran O'Neill, Senior Research Nurse, GOSH.

Diary of an ICU Research Nurse…during a pandemic

19 May 2020, 11 a.m.

Lauran O’Neill is a Senior Research Nurse in the critical care research team. She’s worked at GOSH for around 15 years in total, but has never been more busy and proud of her colleagues than in the last two months. This is her experience of COVID-19 so fa

Research shows quick spread of virus DNA in hospital

8 Jun 2020, 8:59 a.m.

Researchers from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) recently joined forces to safely simulate how SARS-CoV2, the virus that causes Covid-19, may spread across surfaces in a hospital.

Back in lockdown: adjusting to the new rules: information for families

18 Nov 2020, 11:25 a.m.

We knew that 2020 was going to be a strange year and it’s certainly feeling like the weirdness isn’t coming to an end yet. Now that England is back in lockdown (other parts of the UK have been in lockdown or faced restrictions already), it is understandab

First findings from world’s largest study on long-COVID in children

2 Sep 2021, 9:28 a.m.

Up to one in seven children and young people may have symptoms of long-COVID 15 weeks later, suggest preliminary findings from GOSH and UCL ICH.

Human nasal cells cultured in a petri dish

New study finds that nasal cells protect against Covid-19 in children

18 Apr 2024, 9:20 a.m.

New research shows that children are less likely than adults to develop severe COVID because cells in their nose are better at fighting off the virus.