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England’s schools must be made safe: An open letter to the education secretary

September 3, 2021

The lack of robust mitigation measures in schools puts children at greater risk of covid-19 infection and its consequences

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“A game of phone tag”—getting children of clinically vulnerable parents vaccinated has been disgracefully chaotic

September 3, 2021
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Are we losing our humanity in medicine’s quest for pure science?

September 2, 2021
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Mohammad Razai: What are we losing by abandoning Afghanistan? 

August 31, 2021
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Food poverty set to worsen as September’s Universal Credit cliff edge approaches

August 26, 2021
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FDA approval for Pfizer covid-19 vaccine is essential and welcomed, but will it help vaccine hesitancy?

August 25, 2021
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Significant proportions of people admitted to hospital, or dying from covid-19 in England are vaccinated—this doesn’t mean the vaccines don’t work

August 25, 2021
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Peter Brindley: An open letter to the unvaccinated

September 3, 2021
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Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Double troubles

September 3, 2021
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Ann Robinson’s research reviews—3 September 2021

September 3, 2021
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UN food systems summit leaders must not remain silent on its inadequate rules of engagement with commercial actors   

September 1, 2021
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Mary McCarthy: The value of generalists

August 27, 2021
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Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Pharmacographic

August 27, 2021
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People’s Covid Inquiry: impact of covid on frontline staff and key workers

August 27, 2021
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People’s Covid Inquiry: inequalities and discrimination

August 27, 2021
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Academics and social media hostility: should we give up or do more?

August 23, 2021
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Academics and social media hostility: should we give up or do more?

August 23, 2021
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Does the FDA think these data justify the first full approval of a covid-19 vaccine?

August 23, 2021
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The global health security agenda rewards rich nations for their selfish behaviour 

August 20, 2021
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September 3, 2021
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July 28, 2021
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