The Budget had too little to say about the future for healthcare and was entirely silent on social care, writes Nigel Edwards, CEO Nuffield Trust Last week’s Budget took place […]
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Covid-19 and vaccines—known unknowns
On 25 February 2021, The BMJ hosted a webinar on covid-19 vaccines. An expert panel discussed the safety and efficacy of the vaccines, as well as dose schedules and obstacles […]
Personal protective equipment is sexist
Covid-19 has highlighted concerns around shortages of personal protective equipment, but a simple fact remains largely ignored; in our healthcare system, where 77% of staff are women, PPE does not […]
Children and the return to school: how much should we worry about covid-19 and long covid?
Among the many unknowns that have featured in the steep learning curve of our covid-19 year, the question of risks to (and from) children has been an ongoing area of […]
The return to school is welcome, but we must minimise shared air
There is an insufficient emphasis on airborne spread of covid-19 in government guidelines for schools, says these authors […]
NAFLD: Putting the spotlight on a hidden public health challenge
“Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease [NAFLD] is an illness many of us have never heard of but it is much more common than cirrhosis and far more baffling.” These are the […]
Emma Vardy: Celebrating women’s achievements on #IWD2021
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is #choosetochallenge. After hearing recently of yet another NHS building to be named after an eminent male surgeon, I did on just […]
The hesitancy paradox of “data, not dates” and the government’s roadmap to unlocking
It’s a mistake for the government to be so opaque about the data they’ll use to guide our exit from lockdown, writes Andy Cowper […]
Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a covid-19 world
Gender inequality still underpins and weakens our social, economic, and health systems, says Roopa Dhatt […]
Ten steps to gender equity: The BMJ’s resolutions
The covid-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the gender inequity that still exists for women in science, medicine, and academic publishing. When we previously wrote about the underrepresentation of […]