A doctor from Hong Kong describes what it is like to work in a hospital managing the coronavirus outbreak […]
Month: February 2020
Coronavirus: rolling out community testing for covid-19 in the NHS
Covid-19 is the novel coronavirus responsible for the ongoing global outbreak of acute respiratory disease and viral pneumonia. Covid-19 is classified in the UK as a high consequence infectious disease […]
Richard Smith: Whom to trust on old age—Matt Hancock or Cicero?
The Manifesto of the Conservative Party promised us all five more years of healthy life by 2035. At the launch of the strategy for healthier longer lives from the All […]
Coronavirus and the ethics of quarantine—why information matters
Isolation and quarantine throw harsh light on the complex tensions in public health, between the rights and duties of individuals and concepts of the public interest, says Julian Sheather […]
Comparative twin study: Access to healthcare services in the NHS and the American private insurance system
What the NHS will ultimately look like under Conservative party leadership has yet to be determined. But the potential impact of American private healthcare interests remains part of the discussion. […]
Alex Nowbar’s weekly journal review—14 February 2020
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals. […]
Min Zhang: Protecting healthcare workers in China during the coronavirus outbreak
Protecting healthcare staff on the frontline is a critical challenge for this outbreak, says Min Zhang […]
Beth Thompson: We need to reimagine the way research works
Over three years I dedicated long hours and weekends to the PhD project that I was desperate to make a success. I wanted my research to make a useful contribution […]
Sequestering carbon by regenerating soil, planting trees, and changing land use
Robin Stott, a doctor and ardent environmentalist has been campaigning on climate change for the past 20 years. He offers some thoughts on the potential benefits of simultaneously enriching soil […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Painkillers—a linguistics based approach
Jamie Coleman, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology in Birmingham, has proposed replacing the term “painkiller” with “pain reliever”, in the hope of reducing people’s expectations of the therapeutic effects of opioid […]