If the UK’s planned distribution of a vaccine for covid-19 is to win widespread support it should be both clinically and cost effective. One dilemma is between prioritizing those at […]
Month: November 2020
Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan: So, doctor, what about the vaccine?
What will it take to stop anti-vaxxers and doubters, ask Peter Brindley and Matt Morgan […]
Richard Smith: A new important study supports wider use of the polypill
By coincidence on Friday my new polypills arrived together with the results of a major study confirming that use of the polypill containing a statin and four antihypertensives in people […]
Jennifer Darlow: Healing a nation with kindness
Showing compassion for each other may have a greater impact on covid-19 than we give it credit for, says Jennifer Darlow […]
Mental health in water scarce cities: an unrecognized climate change pressure point
Water unavailability is one of many linked stressors increasingly likely to affect mental health in some city populations. Azar M Abadi and colleagues consider the evidence and propose steps forward […]
An agenda for better health in hot and dry settings
As increasing numbers of people risk health impacts related to water scarcity, Carlos Dora and Roberto Bertollini call for an urgent agenda to promote research and action. […]
Dry cities can’t be healthy without reducing inequalities
Women and other groups carry disproportionate burden of the impacts of water scarcity on health. Policymakers should prioritize actions that minimize inequality and exclusion, while improving water management and health, […]
The election of Kamala Harris is a wake-up call for UK institutions and society
Joe Biden’s election triumph over Donald Trump brought the historic election of the first woman to the vice-presidency of the United States. Kamala Harris is destined to become one of […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . The “food of Paradise”
Among the words first recorded from 1975 in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED; Table 1) is “sinsemilla”, although it is also mentioned in Jerry Kamstra’s book Weed: Adventures of a […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal review—13 November 2020
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]