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Matthew Taylor: The #NotTooMuchToMask campaign
The remaining national covid restrictions may have been lifted in England, but cases of covid-19 are very much still on the rise, with daily increases now close to those we […]
Managing rising covid-19 cases in ICU: No longer a new experience, but it gets harder every time
To cope with a growing number of hospitalisations for covid-19, we need to once again stretch our staff, writes Shondipon Laha […]
Artificial intelligence for covid-19 response
AI has yet to fulfil its potential, but it could if we learn lessons from covid-19 […]
A commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion for BMJ and our journals
BMJ and our journals have the ability to stand up for equality, diversity, and inclusion in research, clinical practice, and scholarly communication—and the responsibility to do so For over 200 […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . The OED in The BMJ
Last week I analysed citations in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) taken from The BMJ. This week I have looked at what The BMJ said about the OED when it […]
Can covid-19 vaccines be global public goods?
“Covid-19 vaccines must be considered a global public good. No country can overcome this crisis in isolation.” So said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. [1] Many other world leaders and […]
“Mr X presents with central crushing chest pain”—Breaking the male norm in medical education
Marina Politis deconstructs the ways in which our knowledge of, and teaching about, health and illness predominantly focuses on men […]
The opioid crisis, the Sacklers, and the role played by doctors
Richard Smith reviews Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty and concludes that the US opioid epidemic could not have happened without doctors and the whole medical […]
The health of coastal communities: a national problem
Coastal communities, the villages, towns, and cities of England’s coast, include many of the most beautiful, vibrant, and historically important places in the country. They also have some of the […]