John Edmunds, Professor of Infectious Disease Modelling at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), has received a knighthood in recognition of his influential work during the COVID-19 pandemic.He was honoured for services to epidemiology following intense research and collaboration using models to provide crucial data analysis to better understand the spread of infection. His world-leading research also includes applying these methods to real world problems to enable decision makers to design public health control programmes.
A major trial of an alternative four-month regimen reported disappointing findings. We unpack them and look the prospects now for shortening TB treatment.
Although some call the strategy s failure rate too high, it pushes the field a step closer to the holy grail of a short alternative to the standard 24-week regimen.