Vaccination offers the UK the best exit strategy from the covid-19 pandemic. [1] To accomplish this objective, achieving high population coverage of covid-19 vaccination is essential. However, despite the good […]
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Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Medical light sabres
The treatment known as photopheresis, or extracorporeal photopheresis, was first described by RL Edelson in 1984, which explains its appearance in this week’s list of words that are cited in […]
Adopting an anti-racist medical curriculum
There are currently calls for changes to the way migration, colonialism, and Britain’s role in the slave trade are taught in the school curriculum and included in teacher training. We […]
What role could art play in improving visual literacy in dermatology?
Dermatology has evolved over the years, but the common thread remains visual literacy. Visual literacy is the learning, understanding, and interpretation of images by the observer. [1] Visual literacy is […]
We need to do more to understand chronic vocal symptoms of covid-19
The three of us have developed significant and enduring vocal symptoms (10+ months) after contracting covid-19 infection early in 2020. None of us were hospitalised, and we have struggled for […]
Richard Smith: The benefits of putting health at the centre of the response to the climate crisis
Although it may currently be difficult and uncomfortable to recognise, the covid-19 pandemic is not the world’s major threat to health. The climate crisis is the major threat. The pandemic, […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—19 February 2021
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
The public aren’t complacent, they’re confused—how the UK government created “alert fatigue”
The government’s frequently changing policies have risked people breaking rules they are unaware of or subjectively interpreting rules they are unclear on, write Simon Williams and Kimberly Dienes […]
Protecting the rights of individuals who face both mental health and public health restrictions
Psychiatrists are familiar with the need to weigh up an individual’s right to liberty against the risk that the individual might pose to themselves, or others, as a result of […]
Chaand Nagpaul: The NHS won’t cope with a premature end to lockdown
As the rate of infection begins to slow and the number of vaccines delivered hits another milestone, the political clamour for the government to announce the date on which the […]