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Open letter from cancer charities to the public
40 charities and organisations have written an open letter, urging the public to help keep vulnerable people safe as restrictions ease.
Leading clinicians ask Government to improve Covid support for people with blood cancer
Blood Cancer UK leads 37 clinicians in asking the UK Government to do more to protect people with blood cancer from coronavirus.
Vaccine Collaborative announce further funding for vaccine efficacy research
Find out more about the increased funding into Covid vaccine efficacy research by the Blood Cancer Vaccine Research Collaborative.
Why we've decided to push the NHS on vaccine effectiveness
Discover why Blood Cancer UK has called on the Government and NHS to communicate with every immunocompromised person to tell them that the Covid vaccine may not be as effective for them.
Covid vaccines may not work for 80% of people with blood cancer
Blood Cancer UK warns the Government and the NHS that 80% of people with blood cancer haven't been told that the Covid vaccines are less likely to protect them.
Why the Government should postpone lifting restrictions on June 21
Find out why Blood Cancer UK is demanding that the Government postpones the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions on June 21.
What do covid antibody test results mean for people with blood cancer?
What do covid antibody test results mean for people with blood cancer?
Together we're investing £800K in vaccine efficacy research
Read more about the Blood Cancer UK Vaccine Research Collaborative's research on Covid vaccine effectiveness in people with blood cancer.
Please keep your distance to protect people with blood cancer
Find out why Blood Cancer UK is asking people to keep their distance, to protect people with blood cancer from Covid.
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?
Find out what Professor Andrew Ustianowski thinks can protect people with blood cancer from Covid-19.
I'm still shielding from Covid - Jill's story
Read how Jill is still shielding from coronavirus, as she waits for more information on the efficacy of the Covid vaccine for people with blood cancer.
People with blood cancer now account for 1 in 20 new Covid intensive care patients
People with blood cancer now account for 1 in 20 new Covid intensive care patients
Do people with myeloma have an antibody response to the Covid vaccine?
Read Blood Cancer UK's article on the study into the number of people with myeloma who had some kind of antibody response to the Covid vaccine.
Covid vaccine efficacy for blood cancer research collaborative launched
Find out more about The Blood Cancer UK Vaccine Research Collaborative and how it will research into Covid vaccine efficacy for blood cancer.
The COVID-19 vaccine and blood cancer
Blood Cancer UK responds to study conducted around the COVID-19 vaccine and blood cancer.
First study on vaccine effectiveness in people with cancer
Read Blood Cancer UK's response to the first study on Covid vaccine effectiveness in people with cancer.
Should people with blood cancer get an antibody test?
Read more about what people with blood cancer should know about antibody tests and the Covid vaccine.
Our response to the vaccine phase 2 priority list
Read Blood Cancer UK's response to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommendations for Phase 2 of the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme
Can people with blood cancer stop shielding on March 31 2021?
Find out the latest information from Blood Cancer UK regarding England's roadmap out of Covid lockdown and how this effects people with blood cancer.
