Category: COVID-19

The 19th century pandemics that followed the globalisation of commercial and military activities led to…

“MedSuppyDrive UK started last year. There was PPE in our labs not being used and…

Equity is complex and multifaceted. It requires many interventions that in small ways build a…

President Joe Biden announced on 26 January that he had purchased 200 million more doses…

bmj;372/jan26_13/n237/FAF1faBMAThis week the number of people in the UK who have died with covid-19 passed…

We echo Hanif and colleagues’ concerns that some communities, such as ethnic minority groups and…

The new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 may be associated with an increased risk of death,…

Food banks across the UK have been able to buy personal protective equipment for staff…

The gulf between the wealthiest and poorest had been increasing even before the covid-19 destroyed…

For the 10 members of the current UK parliament with medical training,1 knowing the front…

Guidance from NHS England that doctors may lawfully use video assessments during the pandemic to…

The medical community appears to be split over whether the UK has made the right…

What’s in a name?General bewilderment, it turns out, when we’re talking about SARS-CoV-2 variants. More…

Concerns have been raised over how much protection a single dose of the Pfizer BioNTech…

“One of the operating suites that normally does routine surgery has been converted into a…

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the community has remained very high in the first 10 days…

The government did not meet expected standards when spending billions of pounds of public money…

There is a palpable sense of hope in the air.1 Perhaps it’s that, in the…

The second wave of covid-19 has put doctors under huge pressure, the Royal College of…

The European Union has faced “certain challenges” since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, including…

bmj;372/jan20_1/n155/FAF1faSteve Parsons/PATo the sound of organ music, hundreds of people aged over 80 receive their…

In response to Martinerie and colleagues’ article1 we note the concerns about the sociological effects…

The World Health Organization was slow to act when SARS-CoV-2 emerged and should have declared…

Doctors in Norway have been advised to assess severely frail and terminally ill patients to…

England’s health and social care secretary has rejected a call to bring in emergency legislation…

A leading statistician has written to health secretary Matt Hancock urging him to investigate the…

How often does reinfection occur?“Other things being equal, we can expect to see—even without this…

What do we know about the new variant emerging from Brazil?This variant, known as P.1…

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) routinely ignores its own safety rules on covid-19, causing…

Pardon?Get with the programme, Grandad. Influencers are very . . . influential these days. And…

Use of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine in people with a history of severe allergies was…

As England and Scotland start another period of lockdown, we all must come to terms…

Japan has declared its second state of emergency regarding covid-19, as the number of daily…

Celine Gounder is an infectious diseases expert and epidemiologist who has worked on Ebola, tuberculosis…

Multiple health groups in India have called for an investigation into allegations of ethical violations…

People who have previously been infected with covid-19 are likely to be protected against reinfection…

We live in an ever more divided world. Divisions between rich and poor, privileged and…

Nearly half of intensive care unit (ICU) and anaesthetic staff surveyed for a study reported…

bmj;372/jan13_8/n87/FAF1faDominic Lipinski/PAPatients receive covid-19 vaccines at an NHS vaccination centre set up in the grounds…

Footballer Marcus Rashford’s outspoken campaigning over the past 12 months has made food insecurity a…

Andrew Pollard was in a French taxi when he realised what was coming.On his way…

The UK government has promised that every adult in the UK will be offered a…

The UK government’s new policy of distributing rapid coronavirus tests to local authorities in England…

Cases of covid-19 are surging and doctors warn of the NHS being overwhelmed. On 2…

Scientists have called for more data on the rollout of covid-19 vaccinations in the UK…

Waste not, want not?Absolutely. And with such a high volume of used personal protective equipment…

The Independent Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies has endorsed the use of mass lateral flow…

The UK has approved the Moderna covid-19 vaccine and ordered an additional 10 million doses—bringing…

A long awaited investigation led by the World Health Organization into the origins of the…

Two rheumatoid arthritis drugs will now be used to treat the patients with severe covid-19…