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Cancelling student debt in the US is one way to reduce medicine’s financial inequities
Many physicians struggle with huge student loan debts, a burden that exacerbates existing inequities, writes Christopher Cai […]
India’s challenges with covid-19 vaccination
At the start of 2021, India launched the world’s largest vaccination drive against covid-19 across 3006 vaccination sites in the country. During the initial phase, the plan was to vaccinate […]
Covid is a prelude to the climate catastrophe and we are not learning fast enough
Covid-19 should have taught us lessons for the unfolding climate crisis. But sadly, thousands of avoidable UK covid-19 deaths have not been sufficient. In particular, we have not learnt that […]
Aneez Esmail: Should GPs look after patients who choose to stay at home with covid-19?
It was a patient who I visited at home that made me think about how GPs could improve on the care that is offered to patients with covid-19. The patient […]
Julian Sheather: Covid has shown us the health impacts of our neighbourhoods—we need to build them better
Confining us to our neighbourhoods, covid-19 has woken us up to the impact of the places we live on our wellbeing. It’s midweek in Hoxton, early afternoon, and I’m here […]
A new deal for surgery: But what does it really mean?
The covid-19 pandemic has caused the largest ever waiting list for NHS treatment with 4.95 million people waiting—430,000 of those for over a year. [1] The Royal College of Surgeons […]
We must seize the moment for a global pandemic surveillance and response scheme
No more pandemics—this is the ambitious goal set by the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, whose report reviews the international community’s response to covid-19 and identifies lessons learned. […]
Political censorship in academic journals sets a dangerous new precedent
The academic community must develop a strong position to shield journals, their editors, and staff, against pressure to enforce censorship. […]
Richard Smith: Hope is hazardous
None of us knows how we will respond when we are given the diagnosis of a life-limiting illness, just as young men in the First World War did not know […]