Covid-19: an opportunity or risk to addressing health inequalities?
The results of the covid-19 pandemic will likely only make health inequalities worse. But can this crisis be an opportunity for real change? […]
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Rolling out mass hydroxychloroquine prophylaxis for covid-19 in India’s slums risks eroding public trust
Citizens of India are in a period of a six week nationwide lockdown. Physical distancing is largely limited to the rich and upper-middle-class in urban areas and sparsely populated villages, […]
We urgently need to start contact tracing to stop the spread of covid-19
Experience from Sheffield suggests that locally led initiatives can support rapid scale up of contact tracing […]
Balint groups could be one way to prevent burnout during covid-19
The introduction of a Balint group in their intensive care unit has provided a valuable space for reflection outside the busy hospital environment, say Vijay Pattni, Jeff Phillips, and Rajnish […]
Covid-19: a complex multisystem clinical syndrome
Mike Roberts and colleagues summarise key aspects of this complex multi-system clinical syndrome […]
Ian Hamilton: Loosening regulations on controlled drugs during the covid-19 pandemic
Bureaucracy is preventing timely and adequate access to controlled drugs during the pandemic, says Ian Hamilton […]
Sharon Cox: How are we assisting our most disadvantaged during Covid-19?
New collaborations between drug and alcohol services and homeless charities provide some hope, says Sharon Cox […]
Covid-19 and decarceration: healthcare needs to lead the charge
The United States currently carries the ignoble distinction of being the world leader in both incarceration and prevalence of covid-19. Worse still, approximately 12% of the 2.3 million people currently […]
Richard Lehman’s covid-19 reviews—27 April 2020
In this weekly round-up, Richard Lehman looks at a personal selection of articles of relevance to clinicians dealing with covid-19 […]
The human cost of sanctions—covid-19 and beyond
Parsa Erfani and Laila Fozouni When we spoke with Maryam*, she recalled first noticing the lump in her neck in the summer of 2018. Sanctions on Iran had sharply increased, […]