Dame Anne Johnson, professor of epidemiology and director of the Centre of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at University College London, became president of the Academy at the end of 2020 Dear […]
Month: April 2021
A pandemic treaty: where are we now that the leaders have spoken?
Devastated by covid-19, the world is braced for future pandemics. If we are to avoid this fate, then bolder global solutions will be required. On 30 March 2021, twenty eight […]
What should we ask of a new global treaty for pandemic preparedness?
Supra-national health action agencies are needed in every WHO region or continent, to predict, prevent and respond to pandemics Twenty five of the world’s leaders recently called for a new […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . A difficult infection
Surveying new biomedical words listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) since 1970, I have found fewer examples each year. For example, the 1970 list contained 61 words and the […]
Is waiving intellectual property rights to fight covid-19 the best thing to do?
Proposals for adjusting intellectual property rules and practices to augment production and promote global access to vaccines and other technologies have provoked controversy. Promoting voluntary sharing of intellectual property and […]
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—23 April 2021
Ann Robinson reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Julian Sheather: Covid-19 is also an environmental problem—why we must commit to one health
Pestilence and environmental upheaval are ancient bedfellows. It is likely that waves of the European black death were linked to Asiatic climate change. Fifteen years or so after successive climatic […]
Karen Ellison: The power of civility during a pandemic
During the pandemic it’s been more important than ever for doctors to have the support of their team. Yet incivility is a common threat to these professional relationships and, by […]
Humanising obstetric care in operating theatres
Around four out of ten pregnant women in the UK give birth in the operating theatre. Few are prepared for delivery in this forbidding, high tech environment and the experience […]
Surviving critical illness is only the beginning: why patients must be supported in the aftermath
We are failing ICU patients by not providing the rehabilitation they need, but change is possible, says Catherine White […]