There is currently a real opportunity to establish an effective approach to preventing gambling harms, say Jenny Blythe and May Van Schalkwyk In recent months, some of the now widely […]
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Mental health in the covid-19 pandemic: we need careful presentation and interpretation of facts
Since early on in the covid-19 pandemic there have been expressions of concern about its impact on mental health. The mainstream media have reported on these concerns in melodramatic terms, […]
A national system of online access by patients to personal health information in Australia is proving valuable
There was a significant piece of international healthcare news this year in April that you may have missed. It was such a momentous development—empowering people and providing them with access […]
Daily contact testing trials in schools are unethical and extending them to include the delta variant puts everyone at risk
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Clinical neuroscience and long covid
As of the 8 June 2021, there have been over 170 million cases of covid-19 and 3.7 million deaths worldwide. In the UK, over 4.5 million cases have been reported […]
Sheila Bird: diagnostic tests must be more rigorously regulated
Study designs, regulation, and transparency of in-vitro diagnostic tests matter and need to be embedded in pandemic planning, argues Sheila M. Bird […]
The geopolitics of public health in a pandemic
We are more than a year on after the start of the coronavirus pandemic. We have witnessed the disproportionate impact of covid-19 in the UK, Brazil, US and other countries, […]
Plans for cancer service recovery post covid-19 must be built in partnership with patients
What actions are needed now to get cancer services back on track? Keeping cancer services going during the covid-19 pandemic has been an enormous challenge. The impact of this disruption […]
Why “groupthink” detracts from an explanation of the organisational failures of the UK pandemic response
The UK response to covid-19 has been beset by a series of organisational failures. Among many other things, the UK government imposed restrictions too late in March 2020 and, failing […]
The UK’s hotel quarantine system is not fit for purpose
John O Warner and Jill A Warner describe their recent experience of the quarantine system and say they witnessed shortcomings at every point […]