Over the past few weeks, the UK has reaped the combined benefits of a successful covid-19 vaccination rollout, public health protection, and lockdown measures, all of which have resulted in […]
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Viral cyber attacks: a threat to human health
Cyberattacks on health systems are not black swan events and must be addressed in a robust manner with comprehensive cybersecurity strategies, policy, and adequate resourcing to prevent recurrence Globally, healthcare […]
Science is critical for improving the effectiveness of addiction treatment
Part 1 of the Independent Review of Drugs, published in 2020, highlighted the increasing severity of the UK’s drug problem and its run-down treatment and rehabilitation services. [1] Part 2 […]
The government must invest in treatment for people with drug problems, as new report shows stark consequences of cuts
A new report confirms how devastating funding cuts for addiction services have been, say Ian Hamilton and Alex Stevens […]
Daily contact testing trials in schools are ethical if they are robustly designed and provide the data needed for evidence based decision making
As members of the Trial Management Team of the Daily Contact Testing for COVID-19 schools and colleges trial, and the independent chair of the Public Health England (PHE) Research Ethics […]
We should shift our focus from covid-19 mortality to morbidity, particularly in children
The UK is an outlier by allowing children to remain unvaccinated at a time when lifting of restrictions will increase covid-19 infection rates […]
Alcohol health labelling is needed urgently—the Government must act
If you take a look inside your kitchen cupboard, you will find that your tins of beans and bags of rice all display food labels telling you everything you need […]
Covid-19 and a return to international travel
We must not return to pre-covid levels of international air travel if we are to hope to avert climate catastrophe and reduce the risks of future pandemics, argue these authors […]
Michael Devlin: Regulatory reform should be a priority for the new secretary of state for health
Plans to reform the way doctors are regulated presents a useful opportunity to ensure public confidence and patient safety is enhanced, writes Michael Devlin Sajid Javid, the UK’s new Secretary […]
People’s covid inquiry: How did the UK government respond?
Jacky Davis reports from the second session of the People’s covid inquiry “We have a growing confidence that we will have a test track and trace system that will be […]