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Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—5 February 2021
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
What can we learn from the great literature of pandemics and pestilences
Throughout centuries, illness, death, and fear resulting from epidemics and pandemics have played a major role in the history of humankind. In additional to historical records of these events, we […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . How many waves make an epidemic?
Dictionaries not uncommonly include abridged versions of words and phrases. The abridged biomedical words in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) listed as being first cited in the 1970s are given […]
Challenging gender bias in research
The standard use of the caucasian male as a universal subject in medical research is no longer ethically, scientifically, and socially plausible, say Olaya Madrid Pascual and colleagues […]
Clarification: Pfizer and Moderna’s “95% effective” vaccines—we need more details and the raw data
Post-publication clarification to Peter Doshi’s 4 January 2021 Opinion piece. In response to feedback received following publication, I would like to clarify certain aspects of my article. First, regarding the […]
Richard Smith: Remembering the early days of AIDS
I started as the BBC Breakfast Time doctor in January 1983, six months after a new disease was given the name AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). When the producers asked […]
A patient safety commissioner—why we need a new voice for all harmed patients
The “First Do No Harm” report was published in July 2020. The review, chaired by Baroness Cumberlege, looked at patient safety issues arising from the use of Primodos (a home […]
“My Blackness enters the room first”: An immigrant physician on systemic racism in the US
Nycole K Joseph describes how her move to the US for medical training forced her to confront the brutal reality of racism in America […]
Covid-19 and schools—known unknowns
On 28 January The BMJ hosted a webinar on covid-19 and schools. An expert panel discussed the risks of community transmission to students and teachers, the clinical risks of covid-19 […]