Transitioning from covid-19 elimination to sustainable endemicity in East Asia
What are the challenges and options for East Asian countries that pursued “elimination” strategies? […]
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The changing pattern of respiratory viruses during covid-19—what does the future hold?
Recognition of how the pandemic has altered the infectious rhythm of viruses can lead to better preparedness in the health community, write Rabia Agha and Jeffrey R Avner […]
Will science deliver needed therapeutics for covid-19—and how can equitable access be ensured?
Global vaccine equity for covid-19 is the defining challenge of 2021, but we cannot neglect the need for therapeutics, write Rachel Cohen and colleagues […]
Iran’s covid-19 vaccination programme: using transparency to build public trust in immunisation
A lack of transparency could hold back Iran’s covid-19 vaccination campaign, say Mahan Ghafari, Mohammad Saeid Rezaee-Zavareh, Stefan Dascalu, and Aris Katzourakis […]
Julia Gumy: Child centred care in paediatric oncology—lessons from the covid-19 pandemic
A BBC news article titled “Covid: The devastating toll of the pandemic on children” highlighted the negative effect of the pandemic on children’s physical and mental wellbeing. Months of lockdown […]
Simon Hodes: Mixed messages on covid-19 childhood vaccination leave patients confused and GPs on the back foot
After much discussion and debate, on 19 July 2021, we finally heard the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s (JCVI) decision that the UK will now start vaccinating some at […]
Tackling Hepatitis B virus in the shadow of the covid-19 pandemic
It is World Hepatitis Day today (28 July 2021). [1] While we are in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic crisis, let us not overlook the impact of covid on […]
People’s Covid Inquiry: impact on the population—families, social care, and disabled people
“The first responsibility of any government is to protect its citizens” —Matt Hancock August 2020 The first witness was Ellen Clifford, a disability consultant. She began by saying that while […]
People’s Covid Inquiry: How prepared was the NHS?
Tony O’Sullivan, co-chair of the campaign Keep Our NHS Public, welcomed viewers to the first session of the People’s Covid Inquiry (PCI). He said that the aim of the inquiry […]
Artificial intelligence for covid-19 response
AI has yet to fulfil its potential, but it could if we learn lessons from covid-19 […]