Covid-19: US reports low rate of new infections in people already vaccinated
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention knows of about 5800 “breakthrough” infections of…
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Covid-19: NHS will take at least a year and a half to recover, doctors warn
Most doctors think that the NHS will take at least 18 months to recover from…
Geoffrey Norman Marsh
bmj;373/apr16_8/n963/FAF1faGeoffrey Norman Marsh, a GP in Norton, Stockton on Tees, helped to transform general practice…
Covid-19: Irish GP who refused to vaccinate patients is suspended
An Irish GP who refused to vaccinate his patients against SARS-CoV-2 and referred to media…
Buddhadasa Dharmawansa Weerasinghe
bmj;373/apr16_6/n985/FAF1faBuddhadasa Dharmawansa Weerasinghe (“Das”) died unexpectedly but peacefully at the age of 89. He was…
Shelagh Elizabeth Milne
bmj;373/apr16_5/n964/FAF1faBorn in Maidstone, Kent, Shelagh Elizabeth Marmion was the first from her school to study…
Brian Michael Thomas
bmj;373/apr16_4/n984/FAF1faBrian Michael Thomas was a distinguished gastrointestinal radiologist with a particular interest in barium enemas…
David Charles Taylor
bmj;373/apr16_3/n976/FAF1faDavid Charles Taylor was a world renowned psychiatrist who specialised in the connections between severe…
David Stuart
bmj;373/apr16_2/n974/FAF1faDavid Stuart was born in 1927 in Kitale, northern Kenya, to an American mother and…
Polycystic ovary syndrome: why widening the diagnostic criteria may be harming women
The 2018 International Guidelines1 for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) were intended to standardise diagnosis and…
Unilateral nipple rash in a man
A man in his 50s was referred to the breast surgery clinic with a one…
Weightlessness, health, . . . and other stories
Space travelThe cleverness of rocket scientists is legendary, but Minerva sometimes wonders if they’ve fully…
Covid-19: Vaccine woes highlight vital role of traditional public health
Covid-19 still dominates the global consciousness and therefore The BMJ’s coverage. This is unlikely soon…
Moist lesion in the third webspace of the fingers
This is interdigital candidiasis in a patient in her 70s (fig 1). Interdigital candidiasis, a…
NHS waiting list hits 14 year record high of 4.7 million people
Pressure is growing on the government to take urgent steps to tackle waiting time figures…
Consequences of covid-19 on the childhood obesity epidemic
Senthilingam describes the growing obesity epidemic and rightly identifies that the covid-19 pandemic presents opportunities…
Rehabilitation after critical illness
Covid-19 has raised public awareness about critical illness, but there has been less focus on…
Seven days in medicine: 7-13 April
Covid-19Rapid testing rolled out to everyone in EnglandEveryone in England is now able to order…
US regulator says abortion pills can be dispensed by post—temporarily
The US Food and Drug Administration will allow American women to get the two pill…
Covid-19: Single dose of Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine produces strong antibody response in over 80s
A single dose of the Pfizer or Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine produces equivalent antibody responses five…
Covid-19: India authorises Sputnik V vaccine as cases soar to more than 180 000 a day
India has seen a sharp rise in new coronavirus infections with more than 180 000…
Covid-19: Suicide rates were static in rich countries in first months of pandemic, study finds
Numbers of suicides in high and upper middle income countries remained largely unchanged or were…
Reconsider this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic games
The government of Japan and the International Olympic Committee are determined to hold the Olympic…
Thrombosis after covid-19 vaccination
Despite early confusion over efficacy and the initial paucity of data in older age groups,1…
Health of women and children is central to covid-19 recovery
Covid-19 has widened longstanding health and socioeconomic inequalities affecting women and children. The effects will…
Covid-19: How AstraZeneca lost the vaccine PR war
Hailed as a “vaccine for the world” with its low price and easy storage requirements,…
David Oliver: What price the Nolan principles for public office holders?
In 1995 the UK government’s Committee on Standards in Public Life published seven principles for…
Rammya Mathew: Women in leadership—not ȷust an unattainable ideal
Last month, as part of International Women’s Day celebrations, the BMA hosted a webinar with…
UK deaths in 2020: how do they compare with previous years?
The covid-19 pandemic caused huge loss of life last year. The attribution of deaths to…
The cause of obesity is multifactorial but GPs can do more
Though the causes and ways to treat obesity are many,1 the medical profession in general,…
Covid-19: US suspends Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout over blood clots
US regulators have paused the rollout of the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) covid-19 vaccine after…
Covid-19: Chinese vaccines may need changes to improve efficacy, admits official
China may need to replace its coronavirus vaccines or change the way they are administered…
Drug treatments for covid-19: living systematic review and network meta-analysis
In this living systematic review and network meta-analysis by Reed Siemieniuk and colleagues (BMJ 2020;370:m2980…
Helen Salisbury: Will additional roles save general practice?
I love being a GP, but right now it feels like an impossible job. Demand…
Covid-19: Government faces legal action over contract for antibody tests
The non-profit organisation the Good Law Project has been given the go ahead to mount…
Group issues plea to PM over “wall of hearts” memorial
bmj;373/apr13_7/n947/FAF1faWill RoseBereaved families are asking the UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, to allow the National…
Covid-19: EU investigates four reports of blood clots after Janssen vaccine
The European Medicines Agency is investigating four reported cases of unusual blood clots with low…
Covid-19: Colleges publish guidance after patients attend A&E with vaccine concerns
A group of royal colleges has produced guidance for doctors seeing patients who have concerns…
Assessing risk for healthcare workers during the pandemic: don’t forget workplace safety committees or aerosol generating procedures
Khunti and colleagues advocate integrating “the workplace, the workforce, and the individual” in “assessing risk…
Low numbers of disabled doctors mean potential loss of insightful care for everyone
The BMA report Disability in the medical profession: survey findings 2020 highlights the fact that…
Reporting of AstraZeneca studies may have caused vaccine reservations
Abbasi asks whether the negativity towards the AstraZeneca vaccine in the European Union is a…
Covid-19: Budesonide shortens recovery time in patients not admitted to hospital, study finds
Inhaled budesonide, a common corticosteroid used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, can…
Covid-19: Rare immune response may cause clots after AstraZeneca vaccine, say researchers
Two teams of researchers have published detailed observations of patients who developed thrombotic thrombocytopenia after…
Sixty seconds on . . . a covid-19 inquiry
Surely it’s not the right time?That’s what Prime Minister Boris Johnson said when he committed…
Overcoming spectrum bias for accurate SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence estimates
Repeated population based SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence studies provide evidence on how immunity develops in a population….
Radiologist who secretly filmed women in toilets on mobile phone is struck off
A consultant radiologist who was twice convicted of voyeurism after hiding his mobile phone to…
Screening and management of atrial fibrillation in primary care
AbstractAtrial fibrillation is a common chronic disease seen in primary care offices, emergency departments, inpatient…
Structural racism is a fundamental cause and driver of ethnic disparities in health
That structural racism is an important factor in ethnic disparities in health will come as…
David Smith
bmj;373/apr09_10/n887/FAF1faDavid Smith was an only child, born into a working class family in Haslingden, a…
Christopher William Thomas
bmj;373/apr09_9/n885/FAF1faChristopher William Thomas undertook house jobs at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Gwent, and mids…