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It was the early 1990s; with the collapse of the Soviet Union, an ambitious WHO sponsored randomised trial of breast self-examination was in disarray. Data from the Moscow component of […]
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John Puntis: We need a people’s covid-19 inquiry now
In a powerful plea for justice, Kamran Abbasi suggests in an Editorial in The BMJ that the consequences of government mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic amount to “social murder.” However, […]
In the covid-19 era we all need to understand public health, especially politicians
We are all public health workers now, but politicians need to step up, says Graham Mackenzie […]
Covid-19 and global accountability: we need to move beyond rhetoric, towards action
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The UK’s PPE procurement scandal reminds us why we need ways to hold ministers to account
Martin McKee looks at what lessons we can learn from the government’s many failures in procuring PPE during the pandemic […]
The government has set out its covid roadmap for England—will it avoid a fourth lockdown?
Avoiding another lockdown will require not just a roadmap, but a very effective early warning system, writes Maggie Rae […]
Reversing our decision to charge for placing a BMJ obituary
At the beginning of February, we introduced a new policy to charge a fee for people wishing to place an obituary in The BMJ. The response on social media has […]
We need to support our older populations and mitigate the long term impacts of lockdown on their health
As the UK’s roadmap to ease out of lockdown is announced, Stephen Collins considers the impact that this lockdown has had on older populations “It’s a long time to be […]