Covid-19: Russia admits to understating deaths by more than two thirds
Russia’s true death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic is not about 57 000, as…
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Mass population screening for SARS-CoV-2 and false positives—why Liverpool shows we have a problem
In The BMJ’s Editor’s Choice article published on 19 November,1 Abbasi details some of the…
Covid-19: England tightens restrictions as NHS struggles to deliver care
Most of England moved into the highest tier of restrictions on 31 December because of…
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Covid-19: Frontline doctors speak out about struggle to maintain care standards
Frontline doctors have testified to deteriorating conditions in hospitals in London and the south east…
Seeking inspiration at the end of a turbulent year
You might have noticed The BMJ in the news recently after our editor in chief,…
Covid-19: UK approves Oxford vaccine as cases of new variant surge
The UK’s medicines regulator has approved the Oxford and AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine, which will be…
Argentina legalises abortion in historic vote
Argentina’s senate has voted to legalise abortion, becoming the third and by far the most…
Covid-19: Doctors must be vaccinated without delay, says BMA
The BMA has called for frontline healthcare staff to be given the covid-19 vaccine as…
Covid-19: Italian doctors are disciplined for anti-vaccination propaganda
An Italian doctors association has warned or disciplined 10 medics for promoting anti-vaccination propaganda and…
Covid-19: Antibodies protect against reinfection for at least six months, study finds
The presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies confers subsequent immunity in most people for at least six…
Covid-19: How denialism led Mexico’s disastrous pandemic control effort
As the streets in Mexico City filled with cars, crowds, and Christmas excitement this December,…
Covid-19: Expedite vaccination or deaths will surge, researchers warn
Deaths from covid-19 in England in the first half of 2021 could exceed those seen…
Covid-19: Should vaccine trials be unblinded?
In October the US Food and Drug Administration issued non-binding guidance to manufacturers of covid-19…
Housing as a public health investment
In many developed countries, the time when housing was viewed by governments and citizens as…
Association between home insulation and hospital admission rates: retrospective cohort study using linked data from a national intervention programme
AbstractObjectivesTo investigate whether retrofitting insulation into homes can reduce cold associated hospital admission rates among…
Food banks and infant formula: formula is critical for mothers with HIV
Wise covers the recent debate over whether infant formula should be available at food banks.1National…
Covid-19: What have we learnt about the new variant in the UK?
Is the new variant more infectious?Yes, according to a review of the current evidence by…
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Danish mask study: masks, media, fact checkers, and the interpretation of scientific evidence
The results of the Danmask-191 trial1—which, by conventional interpretation, showed that wearing masks had no…
“You’re on mute:” How to organise a virtual medical conference
Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) has sparked a rapid transformation in learning and how information is…
Covid-19: Tests on students are highly inaccurate, early findings show
The UK government’s plans for community testing for covid-19 received a further blow this week…
Unwarranted optimism about vaccine efficacy
Interim results from phase III trials of the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford…
NICE guideline on long covid
The covid-19 pandemic has killed over 1.6 million people worldwide,1 caused the worst healthcare crisis…
The BMJ wins libel case brought by gynaecologist
A High Court judge has dismissed a claim from a gynaecologist who sought damages from…
Covid-19: UK regulator approves lateral flow test for home use despite accuracy concerns
The UK’s regulator has approved the Innova lateral flow covid-19 test for people to self-administer…
Methodological standards for qualitative and mixed methods patient centered outcomes research
Rigorous methodologies are critical for ensuring the trustworthiness of research results. This paper will describe…
Covid-19: Chaotic decision making and failure to communicate undermined government response, says report
Ministers must improve the way they use and communicate advice from scientists or risk repeating…
Elimination could be the optimal response strategy for covid-19 and other emerging pandemic diseases
The covid-19 pandemic might be remembered for the astonishingly rapid development of effective vaccines. But…
Covid-19: SAGE members’ interests published by government 10 months into pandemic
The government has published a register listing the interests of expert members of the Scientific…
Air pollution from road traffic contributed to girl’s death from asthma, coroner concludes
A coroner has concluded that air pollution from road traffic made a significant contribution to…
Wallace Foulds: founding president of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists
bmj;371/dec17_8/m4854/FAF1faPhoto credit: Royal College of OphthalmologistsIn 1951 Wallace Foulds, who has died aged 96, was…
Covid-19: Wales tightens Christmas restrictions as four nations’ rules diverge
The Welsh government has broken ranks with the rest of the UK by imposing stronger…
Women doctors paid less than men even after part time working is accounted for
Male dominated medical specialties have larger gender pay gaps than those dominated by women, a…
The US covid pandemic has a sinister shadow—drug overdoses
As the United States began shuttering non-essential businesses and closing schools to slow the spread…
Covid-19 vaccines: delivering protective immunity
Early in the covid-19 pandemic it was unclear whether and how individuals and populations would…
Inspirations and silver linings in a pandemic year
Challenging, unprecedented, turbulent, extraordinary: this year was the toughest that most health professionals have ever…
Covid-19: Guidance is still lacking on how ethnic minorities can protect themselves better, say MPs
Pre-existing inequalities in health, employment, housing, and access to Universal Credit created a “perfect storm”…
Covid-19: New coronavirus variant is identified in UK
What do we know about this new SARS-CoV-2 variant?It’s been snappily named VUI-202012/01 (the first…
NHS England proposes new indicators to replace four hour target in emergency departments
New indicators could replace the existing four hour emergency department target in England, including patients…
Sixty seconds on . . . Star Trek
Ah, space, the final frontier. Go on then, beam me up, ScottyVictor Grech, a paediatric…
Estimating my equilibrium energy intake during lockdown: very introspective study
AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the daily dietary energy intake for me to maintain a constant body weight….
Measuring energy balance: a weighty issue
Understanding energy requirements and the factors that influence them are key goals in nutrition research….
To each child their own coronavirus
In the ancient Indian parable of the blind men and an elephant, the shape of…
Should her name begin with “Doctor”?
What we call ourselves, and how others refer to us, matters. This is perhaps nowhere…
Updated NICE guidance on chronic fatigue syndrome
An update of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines for diagnosis…
The covid-19 yearbook: world leaders edition
Most likely to misinformDonald Trump, President of the United StatesWhat to say about the man…
David Malcolm Thomas
David Malcolm Thomas (“Dave”) was born to be a great doctor. He trained at Cambridge…
Covid-19: Lateral flow tests miss over half of cases, Liverpool pilot data show
The rapid test kits most widely used in UK universities, schools, and care homes detect…
Kenneth Kaye
bmj;371/dec15_9/m4793/FAF1faKenneth Kaye (“Ken”) was born to Alfred and Edith, in Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield, the son…
Shepherding preprints through a pandemic
People tend to have opinions on preprints and whether they help or hinder progress in…
Lockdowns don’t kill women, abusive men do
Bavli and colleagues report that public health interventions against covid-19 are associated with increased rates…