“Is it safe to re-open schools?” “How can it be safe to re-open car show rooms when it’s not safe for me to see my family?” Questions like these have […]
Month: June 2020
Being heard, not, “seldom heard”: democratising research with diverse communities during the covid-19 pandemic
Debates in global health research have long called for a move away from semi-colonial approaches to research, which primarily serve the interests of populations in high income countries to more […]
Inequality in our ethnic minorities: we must act before the next pandemic
Dipesh P Gopal and Sonia Adesara call for action now […]
Widespread covid-19 infection among Spanish healthcare professionals did not occur by chance
Spain has the dubious honour of being the country with the highest number of covid-19 cases among healthcare workers. In Spain, at the time of writing, approximately 50,000 healthcare professionals […]
Peter Brindley: Covid-19—and now what?
A single coronavirus weighs less than one attogram (which is 10 to the power minus 18 grams). If 50-70 billion coronaviruses are needed to make a human sick, then we’re […]
Louis Lederman: NHS workers need protecting too
Once this pandemic is over, we should thank NHS staff in real terms, argues Louis Lederman […]
Keerthi Gondy: Covid-19—US medical schools should learn from the UK’s early graduations
A lack of clarity and collaboration has hampered final year medical students seeking to help with the US’s response to covid-19, says Keerthi Gondy […]
We need time and space to grieve during covid-19
Those working in the health and care system especially need to tell their stories […]
Balancing lives and livelihoods: relaxation of lockdown needs to be finely balanced
As many countries start to ease lockdown measures, these authors advise that any relaxation of measures should be gradual, cautious, and constantly reviewed […]