Prioritizing vaccines for people experiencing homelessness is vital to an equitable and effective public health response, write Margot Kushel, Barbara DiPietro, and Bobby Watts […]
Month: March 2021
An open plea for dignity and respect in science
Only by listening to and debating honest opposing views, can we hope to overcome the fear and anger that surrounds us, say these authors […]
Zero Covid—known unknowns
On 11 March 2021, The BMJ hosted a webinar on zero covid. An expert panel explored what zero covid means, whether it is even possible, the different routes and paths […]
Psychedelics for medical purposes: time to change your mind?
One of my adult sons asked me if I wanted to try magic mushrooms for my 50th birthday. After I spat out my tea I suggested he just take me […]
The ethics of consent within social media research and AI: Exploitation of vulnerable?
The UK’s House of Lords covid-19 committee is looking into how the rapidly increasing reliance on digital technology—accelerated by the pandemic—may have a long-term impact on our social and economic […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—19 March 2021
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Psychological PPE: do we need to start fit testing earlier in medical training?
As we exit another covid-19 peak and start to ease out of a third UK lockdown, concerns are being raised about the resilience of the medical workforce and ability of […]
Institutional inoculation: protecting society from pandemics and politicians
Two million covid-19 deaths have brought the violence of unequal societies squarely into public discussion—“social murder” as Kamran Abbasi has argued in The BMJ.1 What recourse do we have, he […]
Nicci Gerrard: It is unacceptable that caregivers should be refused meaningful contact with their loved ones
Every single day, my co-founder of John’s Campaign and I receive phone calls and emails from people in distress and despair. John’s Campaign is an organisation set up to fight […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Homeostasis and allostasis
In most cases we do not know who first coined or even used a word. Evidence can generally be found of the earliest instance of a word in written texts, […]