Trial to extend breast cancer screening won’t resume randomisation after pandemic
A major UK breast cancer screening trial that was set up to determine whether extending…
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Covid-19: MPs launch legal action against government over failure to disclose details of PPE contracts
Three MPs and the Good Law Project have launched legal action against the UK government…
Has Sweden’s controversial covid-19 strategy been successful or not?
The recent commentary on Sweden’s coronavirus strategy provides little insight into the strategy itself or…
Covid-19 inquiry: ducking the issue, ducks in a row, and pandemic anatidaephobia
While we await the inevitable public inquiry into the UK’s management of covid-19,1 it is…
Covid-19 in India: Dharavi’s success story
Epidemics are supposed to hit urban areas with dense populations and poor socioeconomic conditions—slums—hardest.1 Globally,…
Covid-19: US approves emergency use of convalescent plasma despite warnings over lack of evidence
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved convalescent plasma for emergency use in hospital…
Risk of amputation with canagliflozin across categories of age and cardiovascular risk in three US nationwide databases: cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the rate of lower limb amputation among adults newly prescribed canagliflozin according to…
Prospective validation of classification of intraoperative adverse events (ClassIntra): international, multicentre cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo prospectively assess the construct and criterion validity of ClassIntra version 1.0, a newly developed…
Breastfeeding in India is disrupted as mothers and babies are separated in the pandemic
In mid-April, Arun Gupta came across a string of photographs on social media that sent…
Include pregnant women in research—particularly covid-19 research
The UK Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths have repeatedly highlighted inequities in the medical treatment…
Getting a second opinion: whose side are you on?
Helen Salisbury asks, “When the specialist’s view is that there is nothing more that can…
FDA may fine clinical trial sponsors that don’t report data
The US Food and Drug Administration has said it will penalise sponsors of clinical trials…
Russian SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
The announcement by Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, that the country has developed and approved the…
Covid-19: Should doctors recommend treatments and vaccines when full data are not publicly available?
Yes—Raymond M JohnsonIn normal circumstances, insisting on full data transparency and limiting decision making to…
Matteo Adinolfi: immunologist focusing on prenatal diagnosis of gene disorders
bmj;370/aug21_10/m3309/FAF1faMatteo Adinolfi was born in 1928 in Asmara, Eritrea, to Attilio, a bank manager, and…
Black babies are less likely to die when cared for by black doctors, US study finds
Black newborn babies who are cared for by black doctors are more likely to survive…
Mark William Pickett
bmj;370/aug21_8/m3306/FAF1faMark William Pickett came to medicine relatively late in life, having initially completed a degree…
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Doctors’ conflicts of interest
The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review,1 chaired by Julia Cumberlege,…
Basildon hospital: “Dysfunctional” working between staff in maternity care led to safety risks
Basildon University Hospital has been rated inadequate for its maternity services and given a formal…
Sixty seconds on . . . management consultants
What have they done now?They’ve only gone and snared themselves another huge contract from the…
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Covid-19: Charity cuts could put the NHS under even more pressure
“This year alone we think our fundraising income is going to fall by nearly one…
Sexpression:UK: the university students delivering sex and relationships education to schools
When you first enter medical school, it can be difficult to envision yourself having the…
Life, learning, and medicine: advice to new medical students from a junior doctor
Starting out at medical school is challenging. It isn’t just the work: it’s the prospect…
Covering covid-19: stories from The BMJ’s news desk
The covid-19 pandemic has been the biggest public health crisis of a generation. The avalanche…
Cap is lifted on medical school places in England
The government has announced that it will lift the cap on the number of medical…
Covid-19 mass testing programmes
Mass testing programmes for covid-19 should be drawing on the UK’s considerable track record in…
Parents can challenge NICE guidance on medicinal cannabis in court
The parents of a 3 year old boy with severe epilepsy have been given permission…
Airborne transmission of covid-19
In July, 239 scientists signed an open letter “appealing to the medical community and relevant…
David Oliver: Do the NHS workforce plans really add up?
Workforce recruitment, retention, and morale are the biggest threats to the viability, quality, and scope…
Covid-19: Less haste, more safety
Few can doubt that we need a vaccine for covid-19 as soon as possible, and…
Air pollution and family related determinants of asthma onset and persistent wheezing in children: nationwide case-control study
AbstractObjectiveTo identify risk factors (air pollution and family related) for the onset of asthma and…
Seven days in medicine: 12-18 August 2020
Covid-19England tests new tracing appA trial of England’s new covid-19 app launched this week. The…
Face coverings for covid-19: from medical intervention to social practice
Key messagesFace coverings used by the public are now widely recommended as source control during…
Covid-19: Care homes in Belgium and Spain had “alarming living conditions,” says MSF report
A report into the global response to coronavirus outbreaks has heavily criticised the “alarming living…
The demise of Public Health England
The announcement, made through the pages of a Sunday newspaper, that Public Health England (PHE)…
Covid-19: Health worker strikes, limited testing, and clinic closures hamper Zimbabwe’s response
Official figures on the impact of covid-19 in Zimbabwe belie a country grappling with health…
Covid-19: England to test 150 000 people every two weeks to track local outbreaks
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is to expand its infection survey to 150 000…
Covid-19: Deaths in England and Wales are lowest since pandemic began
Deaths from covid-19 in England and Wales dipped to their lowest in 20 weeks in…
How covid-19 has highlighted the importance of design as well as price in the NHS supply chain
In March 2020, the UK government commissioned non-medical manufacturers, including Dyson and Renault, to produce…
Covid-19: World “has to recover together” and help vulnerable states
bmj;370/aug19_2/m3245/FAF1faCredit: Fabeha Monir / Age InternationalA doctor tests the blood pressure of a man in…
Basil Garo-Falides
bmj;370/aug18_22/m3195/FAF1faBasil Garo-Falides swept into Essex in 1961, having left Greece in 1948 to qualify in…
Tim Clark
Tim Clark was born in Ruislip, the eldest son of John and Kathleen Clark. On…
Margaret Edith Beveridge
bmj;370/aug18_20/m3196/FAF1faEdith Beveridge trained in anaesthetics in Aberdeen and at Great Ormond Street, London. She became…
Rammya Mathew: Planning for this year’s flu vaccination programme
My colleagues and I have spent the past few weeks thinking about how we’ll deliver…
Helen Salisbury: Teleconsultations for all
England’s health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock, announced in a speech to the Royal…
Public Health England is axed in favour of new health protection agency
The government plans to abolish Public Health England (PHE) and replace it with a new…
Stephan Jain
bmj;370/aug18_16/m3215/FAF1faStephan Jain was born in Birmingham and worked at hospitals in the Midlands during his…
Alexander Michael Hall-Smith
bmj;370/aug18_15/m3213/FAF1faAlexander Michael Hall-Smith (“Mike”) came from a medical family and after Harrow followed them on…
Sharif Hossain
bmj;370/aug18_14/m3214/FAF1faSharif Hossain joined the Highcliffe Medical Practice in 2009, having completed his vocational training in…
Basil McNamee
bmj;370/aug18_13/m3217/FAF1faBasil McNamee was born in Donemana and went to school in Foyle College in Londonderry,…