I am willing it not to snow anymore. It has snowed for the past two days as I walked to the settlement of Simikot. There is an airstrip here, but […]
Guest writers
Gethin Morgan on being red green colour blind
It wasn’t until I was a 16 year old sixth former in school that I discovered my problem with colour vision. When I experienced difficulties in practical biology and chemistry […]
Martin McKee: How should the United States respond to gun crime?
A few days ago a disturbed young man in Newtown, Connecticut, shot his mother before going to the primary school where she worked to murder 20 children, aged between six […]
Radhika Arora et al: Challenges and opportunities for female health systems researchers
Juggling personal and professional lives in search of the perfect balance is an art that women and men across the world, in different spheres of work, are familiar with. How […]
Jeremy Sare on the media’s misrepresentation of drugs
Everyone has an imperfect knowledge of drugs. But where do people find the information on which they base their forthright opinions? An Ipsos poll found the media are the most […]
Baroness Hollins: Cost effective vaccines saving millions of lives around the world
Last week a global health event took place in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, to foster greater political will and explore ways to accelerate results, innovation, sustainability, and equity in the […]
Tara Lamont: How numbers help—from weather to walk-in clinics
Last week I went off to flood-bound Exeter, for a stimulating two day conference led by Martin Pitt at Peninsula Medical School. It was designed to bring together clinicians, managers, […]
Simon Leese: Translating genomics—making science work for health
The PHG Foundation’s “Translating Genomics” conference, at Robinson College, Cambridge, on 4 December 2012, was billed as a celebration of 15 years of public health genomics in the UK and […]
Aser Garcia Rada: The turning point for healthcare workers’ protests in Spain
Spain is currently experiencing the biggest protest by healthcare workers ever known. It has been triggered by a plan by Ignacio González, a member of the conservative People’s Party (PP) […]
Nicola While: The EU impact on UK healthcare
The May 2010 coalition agreement in the UK promised to examine the balance of competences between Britain and the European Union (EU) with a view to assessing how the UK’s […]