Category: COVID-19

What is it?“Long covid” is a term being used to describe illness in people who…

The UK must prepare now for a potential second wave of covid-19 this winter or…

In their editorial, Tan and colleagues conclude that “it is now clear that the food…

The call for an ethical road map is timely given the explosion of ethical statements…

Piccininni and colleagues show the importance of using excess all cause mortality to measure the…

It is woeful that Public Health England failed to recommend clear actions needed immediately to…

The mayor of Leicester has accused the government and Public Health England (PHE) of withholding…

Covid-19 cases surged in Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas, and at least 33 other states…

Earlier this year, Lee Kim Siea, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, had been due to…

Covid-19 deaths in Mexico have tripled since the country started to relax lockdown measures on…

Slaughterhouses and meat packing plants have been a major risk for covid-19 infection throughout the…

The UK government should take a “zero tolerance” approach to covid-19 to prevent thousands more…

The BBC reports that the UK has been hit hardest by covid-19 among the G7…

The devastating pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus appears to be a prime candidate for…

There is much to celebrate on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale,…

The covid-19 pandemic has literally changed the face of medical care: clinicians, nurses, other staff,…

Speed is of the essence in responding to the covid-19 pandemic. But in Leicester lockdown…

Now is not the time for an inquiry into the response to covid-19.1 There are…

Researchers have accused the Indian Council of Medical Research of buckling under political pressure after…

On 16 June the world heard that the first proven lifesaving treatment for covid-19 had…

Microscopic respiratory droplets generated by talking and breathing can hover in the air for minutes…

We agree with McKee and colleagues that any delay in finding solutions to the challenges…

The concept of stratified shielding from covid-19 is interesting but complex and potentially unethical to…

The results of the first nationwide population based epidemiological study of SARS-Cov-2 seroprevalence, conducted across…

Three major US healthcare organisations have asked Americans to wear masks, practise social distancing, and…

bmj;370/jul07_6/m2711/FAF1faDominic Lipinski/PAAs an expression of thanks and respect the acclaimed photographer Rankin has created a…

Health and social care staff, hospital patients, and care home residents made up a substantial…

At the start of the new coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan, healthcare workers were insufficiently protected…

With the flare-up of covid-19 and re-imposition of lockdown, the population of Leicester is suffering…

A consultant surgeon has been suspended from the UK medical register for 12 months pending…

We agree with Glasziou and colleagues that the current pandemic is witnessing a paradox in…

Glasziou and colleagues raise some essential points but still seem quite judgmental of the covid-19…

Glasziou and colleagues discuss the waste in covid-19 research that amplifies pre-existing failures.1 We think…

In an unexpected consequence of the covid-19 crisis, full annual data showing how much funding…

In April 2020, the Scottish government published a framework for decision making on covid-19 which…

We welcome Nelson’s analysis of the potentially positive effects of covid-19,1 particularly in providing an…

On 16 June, investigators on the covid-19 RECOVERY trial revealed in a press release1 that…

Nelson is right.1 Covid-19 isn’t the only global emergency. We still have a chance, just,…

The head of the BMA has called reports that faulty and out of date personal…

The US has bought up almost all the world’s supply of the antiviral drug remdesivir…

On 30 June Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,…

The development of serology testing to detect antibodies to the virus responsible for coronavirus disease…

What is it?The Joint Biosecurity Centre brings together data analysis and epidemiological expertise to ensure…

Early in the pandemic, US health insurers planned to treat covid-19 just like any other…

Brazil is ignoring the evidence by failing to take the necessary public health measures to…

Probably OLOOn 1 November 1918, Stars and Stripes (the official newspaper of the American Expeditionary…

The pandemic is far from over, but it’s already obvious some countries have done better…

The anti-HIV drug lopinavir-ritonavir does not improve survival of patients with covid-19 in hospital, according…

Mass testing and quarantining in the small Italian town of Vo’—which experienced the first known…

Yes—Christine TomkinsEvery Thursday evening for the past few months, people throughout the UK have been…