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We must stand together in the face of covid deniers
“Stay Home, Protect the NHS, and Save Lives.” This message has been drilled into us so much that we could probably recite it in our sleep. Following the first lockdown […]
The hungry legacy of 2020 shows why we need the Independent Food Aid Network in 2021 and beyond
Ten years of austerity in the UK has pushed increasing numbers of people into poverty. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation recently reported that in 2019, 1,062,000 households in the UK were […]
Philip Scott: How to cure “infonaemia”
Philip Scott describes why BMJ Health & Care Informatics is launching a programme of patient and carer involvement […]
Responding to the “known unknowns” of covid-19
There are two kinds of ignorant people, those who don’t know and know they don’t know, and those who don’t know and don’t know that they don’t know. Hitherto the […]
The challenge of minimal risk in e-alert trials
I became interested in acute kidney injury (AKI) during my fellowship in the renal service at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). A busy, urban hospital, the HUP […]
Terry McGovern: Sexual and reproductive health and rights under a Biden administration
The Trump Administration devoted itself to destroying the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls, seizing any and all opportunities to strip women and girls of bodily […]
Gaurab Basu: Our patients are telling us important stories, if we listen carefully
Anxieties about being able to access care in the US is an experience that none of our patients should face, yet so many do, writes Gaurab Basu […]
Jane Dacre: Doctors must be protected as pressure on health service grows
An emergency law would protect healthcare professionals from inappropriate legal challenge when treating covid-19 patients in good faith […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal review—15 January 2021
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]