Paul Garner and colleagues describe how a self-help pacing group has helped them manage their long covid […]
Month: September 2020
Nahid Bhadelia: The US’s political divides makes a unified vision for surviving the next year impossible
Our way forward needs to be a carefully calibrated level of “normalcy,” but the nuance of this strategy is lost in the US’s hyperpolarized political environment, says Nahid Bhadelia […]
Rob Hendry: Legal protection for doctors—time for change?
At the start of the covid-19 pandemic, the government was quick to confirm indemnity arrangements for those facing clinical negligence claims resulting from their work during this time, and this […]
Building back better for population health and wellbeing
A call for a truly integrated public health function providing leadership and expertise nationally, regionally and locally within the NHS, local authorities, and local and national government […]
Mark Dayan: Brexit will soon become a reality for many areas of healthcare—and the outlook is not good
After nearly five years of negotiation, delay, and drama, there are now less than 100 days until the UK leaves the EU’s single market and Brexit becomes a reality for […]
California wildfires: impact of air pollution during the covid-19 pandemic
The sky glowed a dark, sinister orange in San Francisco on 9 September; a thick layer of smoke blocking daylight like a solar eclipse (or like a scene from Bladerunner […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—25 September 2020
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Thinking about thinking
Last week I considered the origins of the word “assessment”. It comes ultimately from an IndoEuropean root, SED, to put something down or sit. That in turn spawned the Latin […]
Nathan Hodson: We should prepare for the mental health impact of mass unemployment
Thousands of people will be exposed to the adverse mental health effects of unemployment, housing instability, and debt, warns Nathan Hodson […]
Politicians as scientists: a loss for public health and trust
We should all be dismayed at the prospect of science being manipulated or ignored in policy, says Joe Ross […]