Covid-19 will end but doctors will keep dying: supporting physicians’ mental health after the pandemic
Let’s thank healthcare workers with reforms that improve their working lives, says Trisha Pasricha […]
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Martin McKee: The UK’s response to covid-19 does not inspire confidence in its ability to protect health as we drift into a No Deal Brexit
Just like every other year, midnight on the 31st December 2020 will be a time of mixed emotions. Some will look back fondly on happy times, such as weddings, graduations, […]
Virtual trials: looking beyond covid-19
The covid-19 pandemic has caused widescale disruption to global biomedical research activities. These have been acutely felt within clinical trials which were otherwise active, with most research on other conditions […]
Covid-19 in the US: We’re not getting full value from our data
The way many states currently collect and present data means that debates on policy fall prey to convenient narratives, rather than evidence based assessments, say Caitlin M Rivers and Natalie […]
Kimberly Sue: Behind covid-19’s surges and spikes are people struggling to provide care
Kimberly Sue describes the frustration and fear she feels as a physician witnessing the steep rise of covid-19 cases in the US […]
Reducing barriers to data access for research in the public interest—lessons from covid-19
The covid-19 outbreak has sparked increased awareness of the importance of timely, system-wide data for examining trends and modelling different scenarios to inform policy response. [1-5] The scale and speed […]
Covid-19 has highlighted the inadequate, and unequal, access to high quality green spaces
At this time of national crisis, the importance of access to green spaces and nature for physical and mental health has been starkly highlighted. The period of lockdown has been […]
Covid-19 and Ramadan 2020: time for reflection
For 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide, Ramadan 2020 brought unique challenges, as it coincided with the global covid-19 pandemic and implementation of social distancing measures. The Ramadan month of fasting requires […]
Covid-19 highlights the gender imbalance in leadership and the imperative to address it
Even if the spread of covid-19 and the tragic loss of life are brought to an end, the pandemic will sadly continue to have disastrous long-term consequences. The crisis has […]
Taking a covid-19 test at home: the fragile base on which track-and-trace is built
Like millions of others every day I have “done my bit” by entering into an app my symptoms and whether I’ve had a test for covid-19, and day after day […]