The World Health Organization has announced that it has temporarily halted the hydroxychloroquine arm of its Solidarity trial. This followed the publication in The Lancet of an analysis of registry […]
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Arrowe Park: experience of the multidisciplinary team serving the UK’s first quarantine unit in 40 years
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Public trust and the public’s health: two sides of the same coin?
The recent exposure of Dominic Cummings’ behaviour has quite rightly caused grave concerns about its effect on our trust in government, and our compliance with public health messages. The truth […]
Covid-19 in humanitarian settings: addressing ethics to reduce moral distress
It is only a matter of time before covid-19 gains a foothold among refugees, internally displaced persons, and other vulnerable populations living in humanitarian settings. As humanitarian organisations mobilise to […]
Aser Garcia Rada: On the front lines of the response to covid-19 in Spain
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Ray Moynihan: the world’s most influential medical leaders are still dining on pharma’s pizza
One of the things I like most about being a scientific researcher is the surprise that comes with unexpected findings. Our study on industry payments to influential medical leaders published […]
Chris Ham: Test and trace strategy must value local leadership to be a success
The government has unveiled a covid-19 test and trace strategy for England, but it wasted valuable time in recognising what needed to be done after the lockdown was imposed and […]