Vaccinating children aged under 5 years against covid-19
The United States has joined a handful of countries recommending that children aged 6 months…
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Exhaled aerosols . . . and other stories
Coughing is not required for aerosol transmissionExperiments with patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis show that…
Black dots on the scalp of a child
A young child visited the hospital outpatient clinic with a four week history of hair…
The burden of prolonged smell and taste loss in covid-19
“It was sudden, like turning an electric switch off.” This is how one patient described…
Junior doctors still await rotas just days before changeover
Wednesday 3 August marks the changeover date for foundation trainees, yet with less than a…
Covid-19: “Impossible” to be confident that government awarded Randox contracts properly, say MPs
The UK government’s failure to follow basic rules in awarding £777m of contracts for covid-19…
Junior doctors take to Westminster to protest on pay and urge strike action
Hundreds of doctors marched from the Department of Health and Social Care offices to Downing…
Long covid: Hair loss and sexual dysfunction are among wider symptoms, study finds
People experiencing long covid have reported a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, including…
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Consultant is struck off after he led parents to pay for private cancer tests for children
A consultant paediatrician has been struck off the UK medical register after a tribunal found…
Mesh surgeon fails in bid to stop legal action against trust being made public
A leading colorectal surgeon whose former employer, North Bristol NHS Trust, faces negligence claims from…
Learning from complaints during covid-19: discuss risks and benefits before hospital treatment
Oliver says that, as we recover from the pandemic, our handling of complaints must surely…
The culture of complaints pits providers against patients
Oliver asks what we can learn from formal complaints during the pandemic.1 Complaints are part…
Junior doctors protest at omission from pay award
bmj;378/jul27_4/o1873/FAF1faRichard H SmithHundreds of doctors descended on the offices of the Department of Health and…
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David Oliver: Relearning to value experts and their knowledge
Throughout the pandemic I’ve seen expert professionals and apolitical expert institutions undermined, disparaged, accused of…
Acting on historically offensive content in BMJ’s archive
How should we deal with published content that may be offensive or harmful? New or…
Giant verruciform tumour on the penis
This is verrucous xanthoma on the penis of a man in his 40s (fig 1).bmj;378/jul27_1/e069890/F1F1f1Fig…
Concurrent surgery across two parallel operating theatres carries risks, say researchers
Researchers have warned of the risks of having a single surgeon work across two parallel…
Persistent understaffing of the NHS is putting patients at risk, say MPs
The NHS and social care face “the greatest workforce crisis in their history” and “the…
Paediatric hepatitis is linked to infection with two viruses, studies find
Coinfection with two viruses—AAV2 and an adenovirus, or less often the herpes virus HHV6—may offer…
“We are solid”—pay award unites profession in appetite for industrial action
The recent pay award by the government is likely to lead to industrial action by…
BMA tells consultants to stop carrying out non-contractual work unless properly paid
The BMA has published a “rate card” to guide NHS consultants in England on how…
GMC set to lose power to appeal decisions by medical practitioners tribunals
Legislation to strip the General Medical Council of its power to appeal decisions by medical…
Authors’ reply to Reed
We thank Reed for his response to our article.12 Reed suggests that increased mortality in…
Monkeypox: WHO declares a public health emergency of international concern
The World Health Organization has declared the global monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of…
Why I . . . pole dance
For many years Prerna Chinoy, a newly qualified GP at York Medical Group, had enjoyed…
Partha Kar: NHS restructuring—can our leaders make it work?
Who doesn’t have a sense of déjà vu about further restructuring of the NHS? Integrated…
Isolation facilities for covid-19: towards a person centred approach
Two years into the covid-19 pandemic, footage from isolation centres in Shanghai showing unrest have…
Helen Salisbury: Why we should keep jabs local
It’s July, the schools have broken up, and the traffic jams to the coast intensify….
Abortion rights: history offers a blueprint for how pro-choice campaigners might usefully respond
In October 1971, the New York Times reported a decline in maternal death rate.1 Just…
Old buildings and out of date facilities are costing the NHS dear
“We operate 21st century healthcare from 19th century buildings. It is increasingly unsustainable.” So said…
Paediatric “virtual wards” were reducing admissions well before the pandemic
Best’s article on using virtual wards to ease hospital pressures1 resonated with me because in…
First polio case in decades reported in the Americas
The first polio case in the Americas in more than 30 years was reported on…
Doctors’ pay award: what have different groups been offered, and is industrial action “inevitable”?
What is the pay award for doctors this year?“Eligible” doctors in England and Scotland will…
WHO calls for urgent global action to support the health of refugees and migrants
The World Health Organization has urged governments to provide accessible healthcare services for migrants and…
Multiple sclerosis: Biogen to settle claims it bribed doctors to prescribe drugs, with over $200m going to whistleblower
The drug company Biogen has agreed in principle to pay $900m (£750m; €880m) to settle…
England’s food strategy: local directors of public health need to be given power and resources
The government has eventually responded to Henry Dimbleby’s comprehensive and research based review with a…
England’s food strategy: missed opportunity to use fiscal food policy levers to improve diets and reduce health inequalities
The government’s long awaited food strategy for England was finally published on 13 June 2022.1…
Death, futility, and oncology
With colleagues, Smith published a BMJ Christmas Editorial with the title “Death can be our…
Mindfulness training in schools does not improve children’s mental health
Teaching children mindfulness in schools seems like such a good idea. Surveys repeatedly show that…
Safety-netting in the consultation
What you need to knowAggressively treating or investigating all patients with early undifferentiated illness is…
Arun Raha
bmj;378/jul22_10/o1807/FAF1faArun Raha worked in India for a couple of years before coming to the UK…
Roger John Mitchell
bmj;378/jul22_9/o1805/FAF1faRoger John Mitchell studied medicine at Cambridge and Barts in London, qualifying in 1958. He…
Jessel Josephs
bmj;378/jul22_8/o1802/FAF1faJessel Josephs worked in South Moor, Stanley, immediately before the establishment of the NHS. After…
John David Bruce
bmj;378/jul22_7/o1794/FAF1faJohn David Bruce (“David”) was a GP in Bodmin, Cornwall, for more than three decades….
Monkeypox: New clinical symptoms are identified in confirmed cases
The largest study of confirmed monkeypox cases to date has identified new clinical symptoms that…
Ann Robinson’s research reviews—21 July 2022
Depressing news about pharmacogeneticsHow do you decide which antidepressant to prescribe for your patients? Let’s…
WHO concludes there’s “no place for cheap alcohol”
In late June 2022, World Health Organization Europe published a handbook on minimum pricing policies…
The historical rise of “overdiagnosis”—an essay by Scott Podolsky
In April 1924 a Winnipeg physician, James Douglas Adamson, gave an address on Over-Diagnosis of…
Open spaces and a sense of belonging improve wellbeing
The studyMcElroy E, Ashton M, Bagnall AM, et al. The individual, place, and wellbeing—a network…
Sixty seconds on . . . ultra-processed food
How do you define ultra-processed?It varies, but the term usually refers to food with ingredients…