Nepal reported its first case of covid-19 in January 2020 and experienced a surge of cases in the capital and urban cities in the months that followed. The Government of […]
Month: July 2021
What’s next for local contact tracing? A view from Oxfordshire
Since they were established in August last year, local contact tracing partnerships (LTPs) have become a key part of the national test, trace, isolate, and support response in England. As […]
Covid-19: we need urgent action on overcrowded housing
In a recent announcement, the UK government promised that people who face difficult life circumstances, will receive more support to self-isolate if they have covid-19. Part of this package of […]
The government must place the lives of the most vulnerable in society at the forefront of its covid-19 strategy
Over the past few weeks, the UK has reaped the combined benefits of a successful covid-19 vaccination rollout, public health protection, and lockdown measures, all of which have resulted in […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . The OTM in the OED
Last week I pointed out that some errors in citations from the Oxford Textbook of Medicine (OTM) had been corrected in the latest set of additions to the OED. This […]
Viral cyber attacks: a threat to human health
Cyberattacks on health systems are not black swan events and must be addressed in a robust manner with comprehensive cybersecurity strategies, policy, and adequate resourcing to prevent recurrence Globally, healthcare […]
Science is critical for improving the effectiveness of addiction treatment
Part 1 of the Independent Review of Drugs, published in 2020, highlighted the increasing severity of the UK’s drug problem and its run-down treatment and rehabilitation services. [1] Part 2 […]
The government must invest in treatment for people with drug problems, as new report shows stark consequences of cuts
A new report confirms how devastating funding cuts for addiction services have been, say Ian Hamilton and Alex Stevens […]
Improving the quality of neonatal care by working collaboratively with families
A collaboration between the Point of Care Foundation in the UK and members of the international Vermont Oxford Network of specialist neonatal care centres have been using experience based co-design […]
Daily contact testing trials in schools are ethical if they are robustly designed and provide the data needed for evidence based decision making
As members of the Trial Management Team of the Daily Contact Testing for COVID-19 schools and colleges trial, and the independent chair of the Public Health England (PHE) Research Ethics […]