On 20 March 2020, the Trump administration announced that it would be limiting nonessential travel across US land borders [1]. Citing the threat of covid-19, the processing of asylum seekers […]
Month: July 2020
David McCoy: Restoring trust and confidence in experts and science is an urgent priority
The word trust has received a considerable airing in the UK over the past few months with covid-19. Much of this relates to the erosion of public trust in the […]
Covid-19 will end but doctors will keep dying: supporting physicians’ mental health after the pandemic
Let’s thank healthcare workers with reforms that improve their working lives, says Trisha Pasricha […]
How can we encourage more female medical students to participate in peer-to-peer teaching of physical exams?
Medical schools should create policies that protect students and increase women’s comfort with peer-to-peer examination, argue Gurdas Singh, Sofia Weiss Goitiandia, Daisy Perry, and Jessica Spiers […]
American patients can’t shop their way to a low cost healthcare system
Hospital price transparency is a distraction from policies that could reduce costs without burdening patients, say Jamie Daw and Adam Sacarny […]
Covid-19 and ethnic minority communities—we need better data to protect marginalised groups
A recent ONS report on religious groups has shown that Muslims have the highest age standardised mortality rate. The disproportionate impact of covid-19 on ethnic minority communities in the UK […]
Lessons from a network meta-analysis of biologics in rheumatoid arthritis
The aim of our recent research project was to compare the benefits and harms of biologics for the treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Given the large number of available […]
Martin McKee: The UK’s response to covid-19 does not inspire confidence in its ability to protect health as we drift into a No Deal Brexit
Just like every other year, midnight on the 31st December 2020 will be a time of mixed emotions. Some will look back fondly on happy times, such as weddings, graduations, […]
Advance care plans—back to the future?
In the noughties, as an attempt to improve care for the dying across healthcare, there was a wholesale adoption and rollout of a pathway to systematise and quality assure care […]
Virtual trials: looking beyond covid-19
The covid-19 pandemic has caused widescale disruption to global biomedical research activities. These have been acutely felt within clinical trials which were otherwise active, with most research on other conditions […]