Clare Gerada: Some good must come out of covid-19
Unlike other recent epidemics (HIV/AIDS, SARS, Ebola), which were mainly contained in specific countries or…
Unlike other recent epidemics (HIV/AIDS, SARS, Ebola), which were mainly contained in specific countries or…
The future of the UK’s much vaunted covid-19 contact tracing app seems uncertain after James…
AbstractObjectiveTo appraise the availability, quality, and inclusivity of clinical guidelines produced in the early stage…
Local authorities will be allowed to get children in care vaccinated despite opposition from their…
What you need to knowAcute kidney injury (AKI) may be common in patients with covid-19…
Hala Sabry was pregnant with twins—her second and third children in 18 months—and was trying…
AbstractLyme borreliosis is the most common vectorborne disease in the northern hemisphere. It usually begins…
As the covid-19 crisis deepens, Greenhalgh and colleagues say that policy makers should encourage the…
bmj;369/may22_10/m2047/FAF1faLynn M Price did a genitourinary medicine post in Auckland, as part of her GP…
John Mitchell Morgan (known to everyone as Iain) was one of the most respected pathologists…
bmj;369/may22_8/m2046/FAF1faWilliam Anthony Warburton (“Tony”) was educated at Rydal School in Colwyn Bay before studying medicine…
bmj;369/may22_7/m2067/FAF1faCredit: Healthcare Improvement ScotlandIn 1987 Denise Coia became a consultant clinical psychiatrist in the deprived…
bmj;369/may22_6/m2049/FAF1faKenneth Peter Goldman (“Ken”) was born and raised in London and was the first member…
bmj;369/may22_5/m2051/FAF1faBruno Cheong was born on the island of Mauritius in 1957, into a modest family…
Discussion on whether face masks are effective often fails to differentiate between who is being…
The UK government has signed deals with pharmaceutical companies Roche and Abbott to provide 10…
By the third week of May 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the…
AbstractObjectiveTo characterise the clinical features of patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19)…
bmj;369/may21_12/m2026/FAF1faBernard “John” Batt came from a medical lineage and started medical training at Barts during…
bmj;369/may21_11/m2027/FAF1faJoyce Lilian Dunlop was a general adult consultant psychiatrist practicing in the mixed urban and…
bmj;369/may21_10/m2028/FAF1faYehuda Shemariah Kaplan was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa. After graduating he…
Two tests for covid-19 antibodies developed by the drug companies Roche and Abbott are “highly…
How common is thrombosis in critically ill patients with covid-19?A recent Dutch study of 184…
Brazil has overtaken the UK to become the country with the third highest number of…
Introducing blanket policies for the public to wear face masks has major problems, many of…
The UK’s response to the covid-19 pandemic has so far cost the government over £124.3bn…
bmj;369/may21_8/m2025/FAF1faHaripada Adhikary qualified in India and came to the UK in 1972. He was born…
The Labour party has called on the government to scrap the NHS surcharge for overseas…
bmj;369/may21_13/m2029/FAF1faMy father, Peter Khin Tun, who has died aged 62 from covid-19, travelled in 1994…
Javid and colleagues say that “population benefits are plausible and harms unlikely” if the public…
bmj;369/may21_9/m2024/FAF1faCarlo Lorenzo Acerini was born in Greenock, Scotland, and was educated at Holt School, Haddington,…
In their editorial Greenhalgh et al advise that surgical masks should be worn in public…
The covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the impact of years of spending cuts and muddled…
There will be things that the UK government has got right in managing the covid…
The covid-19 pandemic has created profound ethical challenges in health and social care, not only…
Irritable bowel syndromePeople with irritable bowel syndrome can be reassured that, unpleasant though their symptoms…
“We should advise the public to wear face masks”—Greenhalgh and colleagues detail the absence of…
The World Health Assembly has adopted a resolution sponsored by the European Union aimed at…
Greenhalgh and colleagues1 and Javid and colleagues2 argue for public use of face masks or…
More than a third of England’s care homes have now had cases of covid-19, the…
Health system budgets face increasing pressures from ageing populations, epidemiological transitions, and technological innovation. One…
Greenhalgh and colleagues present a pragmatic argument for face mask use by the public in…
With data showing that covid-19 outbreaks are occurring in 38% of care homes, a concerted…
A consultant in intensive care medicine and anaesthesia who was suspended from the UK medical…
Changes to the physician specialty training recruitment process have caused distress and led to many…
An alternating cycle of 50 days of lockdown followed by 30 days of easing could…
The coronavirus pandemic has brought many health and social care issues to the fore. It’s…
Guideline: Diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease during the covid-19 pandemicPublished by the European Society…
A campaigner for the rights of patients to be consulted before a “do not attempt…
This NICE guideline summary (BMJ 2012;344:1163, doi:10.1136/bmj.e3979) has now been superseded by a summary of…