The covid-19 pandemic took power from the people
Who decides when covid-19 restrictions are lifted? A government might lay out plans for reopening…
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JAMA editor in chief steps down over controversial structural racism podcast
Howard Bauchner, the editor in chief of JAMA, will step down on 30 June in…
Oliver Gillie: medical journalist and vitamin D campaigner
bmj;373/jun03_7/n1375/FAF1faOliver Gillie helped to transform medical journalism and public perception of medicine—with assistance from one…
Covid-19: Antimicrobial use was high during first wave despite bacterial co-infections being rare, study finds
Measures to prevent the unnecessary use of antimicrobials—such as by restricting prescriptions until a bacterial…
Pain in right buttock after carbon monoxide poisoning
A woman in her 30s, eight weeks into her second pregnancy, was found disorientated at…
Improving prognosis for kidney disease . . . and other stories
Slowing the progression of kidney diseasePeople with kidney disease have a better prognosis if they’re…
Antimicrobial resistance at the G7
The G7, under a UK presidency, is convening in an unprecedented pandemic year. Health ministers…
Refractory cheilitis and delayed growth in a child
These are the lips of a boy who presented with a two year history of…
Virtual and in-person cardiac rehabilitation
What you need to know Most eligible patients with coronary heart disease and heart failure…
Covid 19: How harm reduction advocates and the tobacco industry capitalised on the pandemic to promote nicotine
In the early days of the pandemic, media outlets around the world reported that smokers…
Covid-19: PPE guidance is upgraded as evidence of airborne transmission grows
More NHS staff caring for patients with suspected or confirmed covid-19 will have access to…
Effect of dexamethasone on complications or all cause mortality after major non-cardiac surgery: multicentre, double blind, randomised controlled trial
AbstractObjectiveTo assess the effect of dexamethasone on complications or all cause mortality after major non-cardiac…
Covid-19: Government faces legal challenge over alleged suppression of school data
The UK government could face legal proceedings unless it releases data on the spread of…
Covid-19: Cummings, Johnson, Hancock, and a maelstrom of avoidable harm
Boris Johnson’s announcement of a public inquiry into his government’s handling of covid-19, followed hard…
Financial interests: Government supports local solution despite doctors’ calls for central register
The government believes that employers, rather than the General Medical Council (GMC), should hold registers…
David Oliver: A public covid-19 inquiry tomorrow shouldn’t stop action today
Within weeks of the first UK death from covid-19 in 2020, calls began for an…
Helen Salisbury: Mind the training gap
Learning to be a good doctor is a complicated business, one that doesn’t end until…
Covid-19: Is it safe to lift all restrictions in England from 21 June?
England is set to remove all legal limits on social contact from 21 June and…
England urged to introduce minimum alcohol pricing
Further evidence of the success of minimum unit pricing of alcohol in reducing consumption has…
Matt Morgan: “Less grit, more quit” has its benefits
Sundays are much better nowadays. They used to start with gentle encouragement for my daughter…
Film making and nuclear medicine: Manish Pandit
“I grew up in India and my father was a homeopath in his spare time….
Inappropriate use of lateral flow tests by patients with symptoms
Concerns have been raised about the use of lateral flow tests in the government’s mass…
Covid-19 pilot events: the pursuit of outcomes
As covid-19 incidence rates decrease and vaccination coverage increases, the UK is looking to re-commence…
Constance Mary Hunter
bmj;373/may28_10/n1351/FAF1faConstance Mary Hunter (née Wilton) was raised in Heywood, Lancashire, and studied medicine at Leeds…
Prem Nath Satsangi
Prem Nath Satsangi was born in Basti in eastern Uttar Pradesh, at a time when…
Bryan Eric Humphriss
bmj;373/may28_8/n1356/FAF1faBryan Eric Humphriss was born in Woolton, a village suburb of Liverpool, and spent most…
William Smith Mitchell
bmj;373/may28_7/n1349/FAF1faWilliam Smith Mitchell (“Bill”) was a consultant general physician and rheumatologist at Furness General Hospital…
George David Hurrell
bmj;373/may28_6/n1350/FAF1faGeorge David Hurrell, known as David, was the son of chest physician George Hurrell. He…
Aria Nikjooy
bmj;373/may28_5/n1348/FAF1faAria Nikjooy was born in 1990 in Sheffield to a French mother and Iranian father….
US drug regulator issues its first ever non-compliance notice for not posting trial results
The US drug regulator is reviewing a drug company’s reporting of a study on www.clinicaltrials.gov,…
Suspend intellectual property rights for covid-19 vaccines
The United States caught the world by surprise on 5 May 2021 when it announced…
UK still lacks a coherent and clearly articulated covid-19 strategy
Raffle and Gill shine an uncomfortable light on a major strand of UK government policy—mass…
Sierra Leone: Ebola and war survivors failed by lack of mental health services, Amnesty finds
People in Sierra Leone are being failed by a lack of much needed mental health…
Structural racism causes cumulative harm across the lifespan
Healthcare in the UK may owe a great debt, in future, to the perceptive analysis…
Declaring competing interests is a duty for doctors, scientists, and politicians
Too many doctors, scientists, and politicians have something to hide. When the truth is revealed,…
Clinical Excellence Awards are not fit for purpose
Essex and colleagues shine a long overdue spotlight on the Clinical Excellence Awards (CEA) scheme.1…
Covid-19: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is “likely” responsible for deaths of some elderly patients, Norwegian review finds
The Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine is “likely” to have been responsible for at least 10 deaths…
Intensive glycaemic control . . . and other stories
Overtreatment of diabetesA review of 110 000 people, 75 years or older, with diabetes in…
Covid-19: Thousands died needlessly from UK pandemic response, says PM’s former aide
The government and senior officials fell “disastrously short” in their response to the covid-19 pandemic,…
Northern Ireland: Doctors oppose plans for duty of candour failures to carry criminal sanctions
The BMA has spoken out against proposals that could lead to criminal sanctions for doctors…
Donald Riddoch
bmj;373/may27_2/n1293/FAF1faDonald Riddoch was known for his kindness, humour, generosity, and wisdom. Born and raised in…
Which is the best model to assess risk for venous thromboembolism in hospitalised patients?
What you need to knowVenous thromboembolism in hospitalised patients can be potentially prevented through patient…
Surgical services: Northern Ireland must speed up action to tackle UK’s worst waiting lists, says royal college
The Royal College of Surgeons of England has launched a 10 step plan to restore…
Covid-19: PM’s former chief aide accuses health secretary of lying over PPE and access to treatment
The prime minister’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings has launched an incendiary attack on England’s…
Covid-19: D/deaf healthcare workers faced “widespread, systemic discrimination” during pandemic, study finds
Deaf healthcare workers have faced “widespread, systemic discrimination” during clinical practice and through pandemic policies,…
Michael Atkinson: gastroenterology pioneer
bmj;373/may26_13/n1352/FAF1faMichael Atkinson’s towering status in gastroenterology was highlighted by a device he made from household…
Surgical simulation training is crucial in the covid-19 era and beyond
Munro and colleagues list several strategies for mitigating the negative effects of the covid-19 pandemic…
Medical training focuses on treating the white majority
Racial health inequalities have been brought into focus by covid-19, which, as Jeraj mentions,1 has…
Structural racism hide and seek: only one of five official UK reports on health has found structural racism
Gopal and Rao’s editorial made me reflect on five important UK reports published in the…
Covid-19: Variants are spreading in countries with low vaccination rates
With new daily covid-19 cases in steep decline across Europe and North America, and now…