A rapid and substantial shift to various forms of remote consultations has been a major feature of the response to the covid-19 pandemic. Maternity care—accessed by around 650,000 women a […]
Month: April 2021
President Biden’s leadership on climate must be supported and applauded by health professionals
Today is Earth Day and Joe Biden, the US President, has invited leaders of 40 countries to come together for a two day zoom conference to discuss the climate emergency. […]
Myanmar’s doctors are risking their lives in the civil disobedience movement
The mission of all doctors is to treat patients, yet many of those living and working in Myanmar are currently unable to fulfil this purpose. For many of the medics […]
Covid-19 new variants—known unknowns
On 25 March 2021, The BMJ hosted a webinar on new variants. An expert panel discussed what these are, where they come from, and what they might do, as well […]
Richard Smith: Communicating about climate change—think audience and messenger
Climate Outreach, leaders in communicating about climate change, do not aim to proselytise, sell, or persuade, but rather fulfil people’s “right to know.” Just as people have a right to […]
Sharon Cox: Are we ready to achieve a smoke free future?
Today, around two hundred people will die from smoking in Britain alone. This is often compared to a plane of smokers crashing down everyday. This makes for a powerful metaphor, […]
Peter Brindley: Covid’s third wave—another wake-up call for a complacent world?
It’s generally fine to be ignored if everything is going to plan. My nation, Canada, and my profession, intensive care medicine, is usually happy with this arrangement. The current worldwide […]
Simon Hodes: The GP will triage you now
Over the past 13 months we have all been glued to the health news, and the covid-19 pandemic has dominated our lives. Never before have we needed and appreciated the […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . New, and not so new, medical words
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is updated every three months (“on a quarterly basis” as they put it—they mean “quarterly”). The latest list of updates and additions, published in March […]
Covid-19 testing programs: who benefits?
Covid-19 testing programs that fail to support the prevention of onward transmission have minimal benefits at best, and are harmful at worst, say Neia Prata Menezes, Katherine Rucinski, and Stefan […]