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What role could art play in improving visual literacy in dermatology? 

February 19, 2021

Dermatology has evolved over the years, but the common thread remains visual literacy. Visual literacy is the learning, understanding, and interpretation of images by the observer. [1] Visual literacy is […]

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The public aren’t complacent, they’re confused—how the UK government created “alert fatigue”

February 19, 2021

The government’s frequently changing policies have risked people breaking rules they are unaware of or subjectively interpreting rules they are unclear on, write Simon Williams and Kimberly Dienes […]

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Chaand Nagpaul: The NHS won’t cope with a premature end to lockdown 

February 19, 2021

As the rate of infection begins to slow and the number of vaccines delivered hits another milestone, the political clamour for the government to announce the date on which the […]

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Where’s the integration between public health and primary care in the response to covid-19?

February 18, 2021

Despite NHS England’s focus on the importance of health system integration, the government spent £10 billion on a largely outsourced Test and Trace system, which has been plagued with criticisms […]

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New German digital project paves the way for online access to personal electronic health records 

February 18, 2021

On 1 January 2021, the largest digitization project in the German healthcare system—the electronic patient health record (elektronische Patientenakte – ePA)—was launched after sixteen years of preparation. The aim of […]

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What makes new variants of SARS-CoV-2 concerning is not where they come from, but the mutations they contain

February 16, 2021

What do the new SARS-CoV-2 mutations mean, and how should we track them […]

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Is asymptomatic transmission in young people driving the current wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic? 

February 15, 2021

By early December 2020 it became apparent that the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the south east of England was growing fast and particularly among young people. [1] This rapid growth coincided […]

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Covid-19 must be a tipping point for tackling inequalities

February 12, 2021

On 20 January, Priti Patel warned against hesitancy towards the covid-19 vaccine among ethnic minority groups and said that it is “safe for us all,” after reports that misinformation about […]

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Ian Hamilton: Alcohol related deaths are on the rise, but we remain a nation in denial

February 11, 2021

The UK is stuck in a deadly catch-22 where access to help for alcohol addiction is harder, while people drinking at hazardous levels have increased their consumption, writes Ian Hamilton […]

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Housing asylum seekers in disused army barracks puts them at risk of covid-19

February 8, 2021

The covid-19 pandemic has brought particular challenges for people seeking asylum in the UK. Already with poor health outcomes, torture survivors’ and other asylum seekers’ vulnerability to covid-19 is increased, […]

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