Staff wearing beards and covid-19: trickier than it looks
We have lately been asked for an opinion on whether doctors who may be exposed to the coronavirus are under an obligation to remove their beards—and, presumably, any other facial […]
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Covid-19: is CT scanning ready to answer a diagnostic call?
What is the role of imaging in combatting covid-19 pulmonary infections? […]
To wear or not to wear: WHO’s confusing guidance on masks in the covid-19 pandemic
WHO’s guidance on wearing masks during the covid-19 pandemic does little to clear up public confusion, say Aileen Lai-yam Chan, CC Leung, TH Lam, and KK Cheng […]
Tom Jefferson: Covidair flight 19 from Rome to Oxford and back again
Antonio (not his real name) sits in the departure hall in Rome Fiumicino airport. He is one of those guys who wrap your luggage up in plastic. He initially complains […]
Richard Smith: My worry about my mother is not her dying of covid-19, but her dying on a trolley in an emergency department
My 90-year-old mother is demented in the most benign way: she says sweet words to all the people she meets and lives in a world of trees, sunlight, and cups […]
Tom Jefferson: Covid-19—we live in surreal times
To me, the term “surreal” means dream like reality. That is what I felt when sitting at a table in my local Chinese restaurant in Rome. I noticed the waiting […]
Behavioural strategies for reducing covid-19 transmission in the general population
Human behaviour will determine how quickly covid-19 spreads, say Susan Michie and colleagues […]
Tom Jefferson: Covid 19—many questions, no clear answers
Because of my background as an epidemiologist and Cochrane researcher, and my involvement in the H1N1 outbreak, I often get stopped in the street, or in a bar, or the […]
Keerti Gedela: Covid-19 highlights the need for greater support for global health systems
Countries with weaker health systems must not be left behind in the global emergency response to covid-19, says Keerti Gedela […]
Robert Peckham: The covid-19 outbreak has shown we need strategies to manage panic during epidemics
Panic is a word that’s been widely used during this outbreak, yet Robert Peckham argues that this social phenomenon is little understood […]