Work published by Dr James Thaventhiran and collaborators in Cambridge and Edinburgh describing how obesity accelerates the loss of protection from COVID-19 vaccines was reported across national media outlets. Dr Thaventhiran was also interviewed about their findings on local radio.

You can read the Unit's news article and/or the paper, published in Nature Medicine, for more details. Examples of coverage can be found below:

Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph Covid booster jabs ‘less effective if you’re obese’

Ian Randall, The Daily Express New Covid booster 'challenge' raised as obese population will need jab 'more frequently'

David Webster, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Listen at 3:12:40 to hear from James and collaborator Agatha

The researchers also wrote a piece about their findings for The Conversation. Obesity speeds up loss of immunity from COVID vaccines – new research

University of Cambridge story: Obesity accelerates loss of COVID-19 vaccination immunity, study finds

UKRI story: Obesity accelerates loss of COVID-19 vaccination immunity