International travel is a major vector for current and future emerging pathogens. Consequently, controlling international borders is an important component of any strategy to limit global spread of novel pathogens. […]
Month: January 2021
Maximising the benefit of the UK covid-19 vaccination programme
Given the current epidemiology of covid-19 in the UK, the public health imperative is to vaccinate as many of the most vulnerable people as fast as possible. [1] In response, […]
Lockdown 3.0: an opportunity to join up thinking
A health emergency of this scale requires a strategic and systems-based approach […]
Human challenge trials of covid-19 vaccines still have much to teach us
We have developed approved vaccines for covid-19, but this doesn’t make carrying out challenge trials less important—quite the opposite, say Nir Eyal and colleagues […]
Imrun Nagra: Is undergraduate education on radiology failing doctors?
The fear and lack of confidence many junior doctors feel in interpreting and requesting scans is a problem that stems from medical school, writes Imrun Nagra […]
Pandemic fatigue? How adherence to covid-19 regulations has been misrepresented and why it matters
As England and Scotland start another period of lockdown, we all have to come to terms with following stricter covid-19 restrictions, most likely for a relatively long period of time. […]
Jane McGregor: Vaccination rollout—there is no time to get this wrong
Sometimes, in the eye of the storm, it is difficult to see clearly. But many of the unforced errors that have occurred during the covid-19 pandemic could and should have […]
John P. Moore: How do you take your vaccine—one lump or two?
The gradual rollout of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines and the likelihood of additional approvals in the coming months provide hope for bringing the covid-19 pandemic under control in […]
Tara Vijayan: In the quiet of the holiday season, the City of Angels burns
In the wake of pandemic fatigue and the fallout from highly politicized public health interventions, Los Angeles has reached a crisis moment, writes Tara Vijayan […]
Why were breastfeeding women denied the covid-19 vaccine?
On 30th December, a month after licensing the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) revised its guidance so that pregnant and breastfeeding women can now […]