Reading in the news - Tue 8 Jun

Vegan diets: Comments by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) on the reliability of new research conducted elsewhere, which suggests vegan and vegetarian diets may reduce the severity of COVID-19, are reported by hundreds of UK news sites, including The , The Daily Telegraph, The , The , , and The .

New Alzheimer’s drug: Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacology) comments on the clinical trials of newly approved Alzheimer's drug, covered by The  and .

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• The quotes Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) on the use of zinc to cure COVID-19.

Equity Effect: The ‘Equity Effect’, a new Henley Business School report on racial equity and the impact on businesses, covered by multiple news sites including , , and The . Dr Naeema Pasha (Henley Business School) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about the report. Read Henley’s story .

Other Coverage:

• The quotes Dr Netta Weinstein (Psychology and CLS) about new research on attentive listening to help teenagers to open up. Read our new story here.  
• , , and list UoR’s SportsPark and London Road Campus as surge testing sites for COVID-19.
• Professor Kate Williams (History) comments on the reasons behind the name ‘Lilibet’, covered by The and .
• A article about the best UK LGBTQ+ podcasts features British LGBTQ History, on which a number of lecturers from Reading have appeared.
• Dr Rachel Nesbit (Psychology) spoke to BBC Radio Scotland about children independently playing outside this Summer. 
• Dr Ruvi Ziegler spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about his research on refugee law and why he chose to go into this.
• Dr Ben Neuman (formerly of Biological Sciences) was featured on London Live’s ‘The Food Inspectors’ with research on the bacteria on shopping trolley handles.
• and report on research into the use of drones to deliver electrical charge into clouds to encourage rainfall. Read our news story on a visit by the UAE Ambassador to the UK to the University this week.
• A Scots Magazine feature on weather presenter Sean Batty mentions that he studied Meteorology at Reading.