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How we helped Covid booster vaccine research
Discover how Blood Cancer UK played a key part in Covid booster vaccine research for immune compromised patients, helping to create the OCTAVE-DUO study.
Five reasons for people with blood cancer to be hopeful about the Covid pandemic
Find out why better treatments and vaccine efficacy should make people with blood cancer more hopeful about the Covid pandemic.
What do covid antibody test results mean for people with blood cancer?
Many of our community have had an antibody test following their covid vaccine to understand what kind of response they’ve had. In this blog, we talk more about what antibody test results mean, what the evidence suggests is important in developing a response to vaccination and what other factors are important to think about.
Announcement on the first blood cancer vaccine efficacy research funding
Read Blood Cancer UK's announcement on funding the first research into COVID-19 vaccine efficacy for people with blood cancer.
What else can we use to protect people with blood cancer from covid?
We spoke to Professor Andrew Ustianowski, the clinical lead of a trial called PROVENT, to find out about alternative methods that might protect people with blood cancer from covid.
How dangerous is Covid-19 for people with blood cancer?
New research has been published that sheds new light on how dangerous the coronavirus is to people with blood cancer.
Professors Van-Tam and Vallance's comments show vaccine priority must change
Following comments by Jonathan Van-Tam and Patrick Vallance that vaccines are almost certain to prevent covid transmission, we're urging the Government to give adults living with people with blood cancer a higher vaccine priority
Household members of people with blood cancer should be a priority for vaccines
We call on the government to make household members of people with blood cancer a priority for the coronavirus vaccine.
Shielding at Christmas will be lonely... but I believe and hope in the future
Pat always hosts Christmas for the whole family. But with the vaccine in sight, she's made the decision to stay apart until the new year.
How was the coronavirus vaccine created?
Learn how the coronavirus vaccines were made, including information on clinical trials, vaccine approvals and long-term side effects.
Sunny's story - Fighting blood cancer and giving back to the community
Read Sunny's story about fighting non-Hodgkin lymphoma, delivering meals to residents in Hounslow and working as a clinically extremely vulnerable person.
The coronavirus vaccine: what you need to know
We explain what we know about the potential vaccines and what they could mean for people with blood cancer.
A list of employers paying fully salary to vulnerable staff who can’t work from home during lockdown
A list of employers who are paying full salary to their extremely vulnerable staff who can’t work from home during lockdown.
How does the coronavirus affect people with blood cancer?
Blood Cancer UK are funding vital research that will explore how different types of blood cancer might affect someone’s individual level of risk from coronavirus.
Our response to the latest shielding guidance in England
The Government announced that England will enter a second lockdown from 5 November, and have advised clinically extremely vulnerable people not to go out to work if they can't work from home. Here is our response.
The pool of uncertainty
Angie explains her mounting worries and anxieties about the impact of coronavirus.
What does the three-tier system mean for people shielding in England?
We outline what the current Government advice and recommendations are for people with blood cancer in each alert level under the new three-tier system.
We call for the Government to urgently revise new shielding guidance
Following the Government's announcement on shielding, our Chief Executive Gemma Peters is calling on the Government to urgently revise the new shielding guidance and give people with blood cancer financial and mental health support.
The Government should give financial support and clear guidance to people with blood cancer
Following this morning’s press conference from Sir Patrick Vallance and Chris Whitty on the rising coronavirus rate, we are calling for the Government to give urgent financial support for workers with blood cancer and to give clear guidance to everyone living with the condition.
Does having blood cancer put you at greater risk from the coronavirus?
Find out if people with blood cancers are more likely to suffer severe and life-threatening COVID-19 than healthy individuals.