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Covid-19 in Italy: Keep calm, be informed, and get vaccinated
The Italian Medicines Agency (Agenzia Italiana per il Farmaco – AIFA) has decided to stop administering the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine “in the whole National territory, as a precaution and temporarily, […]
Do we have informed consent for asymptomatic covid-19 testing in schools?
Jac Dinnes and Clare Davenport look at the rollout of the mass testing regime in English schools […]
Nick Hopkinson: Covid-19 vaccination—people with asthma deserve basic respect
“Why have asthma sufferers been removed from vaccination priority group six? Are we not at risk of suffering more severe illnesses from covid? Why do we get the flu jab […]
Clara Munro: Making women feel safe—let’s start at work
“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Woman are afraid men will kill them,” Margaret Atwood In the past week many of us will have been following developments […]
Healthcare for prisoners—a missing part of UK medical training
The healthcare needs of people in prison are largely absent from UK medical education, despite prisoners being a high risk group of patients, writes Gautam Chadalavada […]
Alison Leary: Why does healthcare reject the precautionary principle?
Calls for covid-19 to be an occupational disease have been made, but little action has been taken, says Alison Leary Having worked in safety critical industries for many years there […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Of labels and licences
The earliest citation of the term “off-label” in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1987 (Table 1). But I looked for other instances, suspecting earlier uses. Table 1. Biomedical words […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—12 March 2021
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Does surgery for rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament improve outcomes?
When I started out as a young resident in orthopaedics in 2000, I was mesmerized by the beautiful arthroscopic images during anterior cruciate ligament surgery. These were enlarged and clearly […]