TB care has come a long way in recent years, says Ilaria Motta, but there are still obstacles to patients receiving new treatments […]
Global health
Covid-19: The role of smoking cessation during respiratory virus epidemics
The growing epidemic of the respiratory virus covid-19 has been accompanied by public health messages focusing on how to best reduce the spread of the causative agent, SARS-CoV-2. So far, […]
Covid-19 and reproductive health: What can we learn from previous epidemics?
Benjamin Black and Gillian McKay argue that there is enough global precedence to prepare for many of the indirect consequences this pandemic will bring […]
How can we involve communities in managing the covid-19 pandemic?
Lucy Yardley, Richard Amlôt, Cathy Rice, Charlotte Robin, and Susan Michie share strategies to enhance community engagement and cooperation during the covid-19 pandemic […]
Covid-19: Older adults and the risks of misinformation
As covid-19 continues to spread, so too does misinformation about the virus on social media. This spread of misinformation online has become one of the central issues in the response […]
Carl Heneghan: Assessing mortality during the covid-19 outbreak
On the 31st of December 2019, the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, was first reported to the World Health Organization. Since then, 118,468 confirmed cases and 4,267 deaths related to […]
To wear or not to wear: WHO’s confusing guidance on masks in the covid-19 pandemic
WHO’s guidance on wearing masks during the covid-19 pandemic does little to clear up public confusion, say Aileen Lai-yam Chan, CC Leung, TH Lam, and KK Cheng […]
Slowing down the covid-19 outbreak: changing behaviour by understanding it
There are many strategies to change people’s transmission-related behaviours as a method for flattening the peak of the epidemic […]
Salil Patel: Covid-19—why putting a name to it matters
During emerging epidemics, we should be quicker to name and slower to sensationalise, urges Salil Patel […]
Should we wave goodbye to the handshake?
On 3rd March 2020, the UK government published guidance on its coronavirus (covid-19) action plan. As the number of cases reported in the UK continues to rise, identifying strategies for […]