Italy is now facing a third covid-19 pandemic surge, exactly one year after the first one. But while hospital wards, emergency departments, and intensive care units are quickly filling up […]
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Linda Bauld: Maintaining trust in the covid-19 vaccine programme will be essential in the months ahead
In light of recent concerns about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, sustained and clear communication from trusted sources is needed to maintain uptake as the evidence evolves Covid-19 has shone a light […]
Covid-19: a strategy to optimise global vaccination coverage
The covid-19 vaccines—with defined mechanisms of action and dosing schedules—that regulatory bodies have approved for use worldwide have been a great success. [1,2] The vaccines’ effectiveness in preventing symptomatic and […]
Christina Pagel: A very real danger that covid-19 will become entrenched as a disease of poverty
We must act now to prevent a further widening in wellbeing between poor and rich […]
What is behind the low covid-19 vaccine take-up in some ethnic minorities?
The unequal burden of covid-19 is etched along ethnic and racial lines. [1] While the risks from covid-19 are now better established, mitigation efforts remain insufficient, particularly among more marginalised […]
Covid vaccine costs and equity: a delicate balance as yet unachieved
Ending the covid-19 pandemic requires widespread, global vaccination, but vaccine costs and logistics present serious obstacles. Over 12 billion doses of covid-19 vaccines have been procured, and high income countries […]
Contrasting figures on adherence to self-isolation show that support is even more important than ever
As the UK government announce plans to expand testing rollout, Stephen Reicher and colleagues argue that testing without support for self-isolation won’t work […]
Preparing for the next pandemic requires public health focused industrial policy
Every time that the world faces a major epidemic outbreak, we are reminded of how ill-prepared we are to effectively deal with the emergence of new infectious diseases. This is […]
How to lose friends and alienate people? On the problems of vaccine passports
Are “vaccine passports” a good idea? Well, much depends on what is meant by the term, for it is used to refer to a host of very different things. First, […]
Ten reasons to restore ODA research funding
The allocation of Official Development Assistance (ODA) funds to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has enabled the UK to play a major role in tackling the global challenges embodied in […]