Grania Brigden discusses the findings of the Out of Step report on national tuberculosis (TB) policies. The report is being launched on 2 December at the 46th Union World Conference on Lung […]
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Chris Ham: Learning from others—devolved governance in the Australian state of Victoria
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Richard Smith: Big data, Twitter, the NHS, and the junior doctors’ dispute
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Richard Lehman’s journal review—30 November
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