Covid-19: UK officials try to trace unidentified case of Brazil variant
Public health officials are trying to trace an unidentified person in England who has been…
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Colin Dollery: clinical pharmacologist and moderniser, who embraced technology
bmj;372/mar01_8/n582/FAF1faColin Dollery, professor of clinical pharmacology and medicine and consultant clinical pharmacologist, who has died…
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Researcher broke embargo to leak BMJ paper to Trump administration
A medical researcher who took a political appointment with the Trump administration while working on…
Government faces legal action over {pound}23m deal involving patient data
NHS England is facing a legal challenge against its decision to award a two year…
Care homes: reversing decades of policy neglect
Manthorpe and Iliffe go some way to identifying the risk of failure in the care…
Sixty seconds on . . . flu
Flu, is that thing still around?Of course, although to be fair there isn’t much about…
Acute covid-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
What you need to knowChildren with acute covid-19 can present with non-specific symptoms. Exclude covid-19…
“We are setting ourselves on fire to keep everyone else warm”—what does the recovery look like for NHS staff?
The number of people in UK hospitals with covid-19 is currently just under 17 000,…
Valuing staff in a pandemic: emergency medicine consultant Stevan Bruijns
Yeovil Hospital emergency department clinical lead Stevan Bruijns believes that a workforce that feels empowered…
Gordon McVie: medical oncologist who helped drive the formation of Cancer Research UK
bmj;372/feb26_8/n570/FAF1faGordon McVie, the medical oncologist who helped orchestrate the merger of the Cancer Research Campaign…
Covid-19: NHS England pledges extra funding to local areas to reduce vaccine inequalities
Local NHS commissioners are to receive extra financial support to boost uptake of covid-19 vaccine…
Covid-19: Young mother should be allowed to die in “almost unbearable” tragedy, says ȷudge
A High Court judge has ruled that a 32 year old woman with covid-19, in…
Covid-19: Outcomes worsened in second wave for Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in England
Disparities in risk of infection and death worsened for Bangladeshis and Pakistanis in the second…
Enteric fever
What you need to knowIn endemic areas and in returning travellers, consider enteric fever in…
Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy among ethnic minority groups
With mass covid-19 vaccination efforts under way in many countries, including the UK, we need…
Covid-19 and evolutionary pressure: can we predict which genetic dangers lurk beyond the horizon?
Emerging data show that the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 might be associated with an increased…
NHS and social care workforce planning is a “ȷoke,” says former health secretary
The government’s decision not to publish precise figures on what workforce numbers are needed in…
Covid-19: One in seven people in England have antibodies from infection or vaccination, finds study
Almost 14% of people in England now have evidence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, according to…
Protecting children and young people from developing sport associated dementia
As the intensity and volume of training in professional contact sports continue to increase, chronic…
It’s self-interest to share our vaccines globally
The NHS has administered a covid-19 vaccine to more than 18 million people, a quarter…
Effect of reductions in amyloid levels on cognitive change in randomized trials: instrumental variable meta-analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate trials of drugs that target amyloid to determine whether reductions in amyloid levels…
Instrumental variable meta-analysis of aggregated randomized drug trial data for evaluating proposed target mechanisms
Instrumental variable approachIn our study (doi:10.1136/bmj.n156), we used a novel set of methods to combine…
The case for an international pandemic treaty
There is longstanding reluctance to use the treaty powers of the World Health Organization. They…
Exercise to survive a heart attack . . . and other stories
Death following myocardial infarctionCombining data from 10 European longitudinal studies identified nearly 30 000 people…
Staff wellbeing: NHS England expands support with 40 hubs
NHS staff in England will be able to access evidence based mental health services from…
Statins have no overall effect on frequency or severity of muscle symptoms, study finds
Statins have no overall effect on the frequency or severity of muscle symptoms compared with…
England’s clinical negligence system needs urgent reform, say medical organisations
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association, and the Medical…
Krishna Korlipara: founder of the National Association of GP Cooperatives and longest serving elected member of the GMC
bmj;372/feb24_17/n545/FAF1faKrishna Korlipara was born in Denduluru, a rural agricultural village in Andhra Pradesh state, south…
Covid-19: GPs could get extra funding to boost vaccine uptake in hard-to-reach groups
General practices could be offered “additional discretionary payments” to improve uptake of the covid-19 vaccine…
Covid-19: All adults on learning disability register should be prioritised for vaccination, says advisory committee
The UK government’s vaccine advisory committee has said that all people on the GP Learning…
Covid-19: Keeping schools as safe as possible
A year into the pandemic, and confronted with continued resurgence in transmission, over 800 million…
How to conduct written online consultations with patients in primary care
What you need to knowHave a blended approach to communication (using text, online message, phone,…
Multiple itchy lesions after recent travel
A woman in her late teens presented with cutaneous lesions on both feet after a…
US abortions: Nine in 10 laws on access since 2017 increased restrictions, study finds
Most of the 227 laws passed by some 35 US states regarding access to abortion…
Vaccinating children to prevent long covid? More caution is needed in interpreting current epidemiological data
We are used to supporting children with chronic illness and have followed closely concerns raised…
Lichen amyloidosis of the legs
This is lichen amyloidosis on the leg of a man in his 60s (fig 1)….
David Oliver: We can support primary care without blaming hospital doctors
At the end of 2020, delegates at the local medical committee (LMC) conference of GPs…
Incontinence is lonely and hard to talk about
I became incontinent at the age of 30, after the birth of my first baby,…
Optimal dosing interval for covid-19 vaccines: we need clinical trial evidence and to consider past infection
I agree with Chatterjee that “the decision to delay the second dose of the Pfizer…
Coronial necropsies show the indirect damage from covid-19
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is impacting non-covid care to a greater extent than reducing normal in-hospital…
Sambadrome marks Brazil’s covid deaths
bmj;372/feb24_1/n518/FAF1faBuda Mendes/Getty ImagesFor decades the Marquês de Sapucaí Sambadrome has been the home of Rio…
Sarah Scott-Barrett
bmj;372/feb23_10/n473/FAF1faSarah Scott-Barrett was born in Birmingham, the daughter of a surgeon. She was educated at…
Peter Bernard Iles
bmj;372/feb23_9/n476/FAF1faPeter Bernard Iles was a physician at Dudley Road (now City) Hospital, Birmingham, and Birmingham…
Home testing HPV kits will be offered to women in England as part of screening trial
Women in areas of London where screening attendance is low will be offered smear test…
Alwyn Lishman: the “father” of neuropsychiatry
bmj;372/feb23_22/n507/FAF1faPhoto credit: UCL Institute of NeurologyIn the early 20th century, psychiatry and neurology were considered…
Ian Guy Lloyd
bmj;372/feb23_21/n493/FAF1faIan Guy Lloyd was born in Fatfield, County Durham, a village near Sunderland. His father,…
Irvin Alexander Lampert
bmj;372/feb23_19/n498/FAF1faIrvin Alexander Lampert was born in Johannesburg to fairly orthodox Jewish parents. After qualifying he…
David Edward Sargent
bmj;372/feb23_18/n492/FAF1faDavid Edward Sargent was born in Wimbledon, son of a GP. He was not academic…
Aung Kyi
bmj;372/feb23_17/n499/FAF1faAung Kyi was educated at St John Diocesan School, Rangoon, and graduated from the Institute…
Thomas Acheson Harden Carter
bmj;372/feb23_16/n501/FAF1faAfter graduating Thomas Acheson Harden Carter (“Harden”) gained his membership of the Royal College of…