Cases of covid-19 are rising again across the world. This virus is likely to become endemic, even if a vaccine is deployed. The UK pandemic response has evolved through learning, […]
Guest writers
Karl Friston: New covid-19 restrictions can only work as a prelude to a restructured find, test, trace, isolate and support system
Last week it was “herd immunity.” This week it is “circuit breakers.” Everyone—from SAGE to Her Majesty’s Government, from Independent SAGE to the All-Party Parliamentary Group, from the John Snow […]
Haemochromatosis and venesection: covid-19 shows we urgently need new treatment options
A significant restructuring of acute hospital services has taken place to accommodate patients with covid-19 and to limit the spread of infection. For gastroenterology and hepatology patients, non-essential treatment was […]
Andrew George: Consent is only possible in a relationship
The consent process in research shouldn’t be treated as a one-off extraction of permission, writes Andrew George […]
Minna Johansson: Caring for patients with long covid—a compassionate tightrope
What do our reactions to long covid reveal about medicine’s uncomfortable relationship with uncertainty? Minna Johansson reflects […]
Doctors in training: canaries in the covid-19 coalmine, or leaders of change?
The experience of covid-19 for doctors in training across the world is one of disruption. For those in countries with a high incidence of covid-19 cases, work has been realigned, […]
John P.A. Ioannidis: Scientific petitions and open letters in the covid-19 era
Scientific truth should not be decided by the bulk of signatories, argues John Ioannidis […]
Posterior tongue tie: the internet phenomenon driving a lucrative private industry
We are concerned by the emerging industry of private practitioners offering “posterior tongue tie” or “lip tie” division to newborns with feeding difficulties despite a paucity of evidence in this […]
Vulnerable young adults in care homes have been forgotten in the pandemic
My son, an only child, was born three months prematurely in the early 1990s. He suffered a bleed into his brain at birth and now in his late 20s is […]
Sheila Bird: Test and trace in England is shaping up as a design and discovery fiasco
Failures in the design and evaluation of England’s Test and Trace programme could be resolved if we collect some core data, says Sheila Bird […]