Category: COVID-19

Waiting times for tests and treatment not related to covid-19 are likely to increase significantly…

Two rapid reviews by public health agencies in England have concluded there is insufficient evidence…

Carter raises concerns about the vulnerability of people living in care homes, including those with…

Almost half of physician specialists expect to be working at less than pre-covid-19 levels for…

The exclusive focus of political, regulatory, health service, and public health agencies on covid-19 has…

The 70 year old patient has been waiting months for his elective surgery. A few…

The number of people using illegal drugs globally has risen by 30% over the past…

The spread of covid-19 has had a profound effect on the global economy, and the…

Pregnant women from ethnic minority backgrounds who display covid-19 symptoms should have a lower threshold…

What you need to knowMost patients who become seriously unwell with covid-19 do so primarily…

Investigating the exacerbating and mitigating factors that affect healthcare professionals’ mental health in pandemics is…

Gold’s editorial on psychological first aid interventions recognises the major psychological consequences arising in the…

The Royal College of General Practitioners has apologised for the title of an online event…

Kisely and colleagues’ meta-analysis reinforces the expectation that healthcare workers might experience substantial distress as…

Cases of covid-19 are rising sharply in US southern and western states. Of the 50…

Mohammad Ibrahim, a resident of the lower middle class Mangolpuri area of New Delhi, has…

Number one—make sure the Mini has petrol in it?That goes without saying. But that’s enough…

Deaths and new infections from covid-19 have fallen to such low levels in Scotland that…

Abbasi raises the important issue of conscience and duty for scientific advisers in the covid-19…

It would be nice to be able to say otherwise, but the UK’s approach to…

A Cochrane systematic review has found that, when it comes to antibody testing for covid-19,…

Abbasi discusses transparency and political interference in scientific advice.1 It is time for our profession…

The pandemic situation in Germany is often compared favourably with that in other European countries,…

MPs have rejected a motion calling for NHS and social care staff to be routinely…

Medical bodies have urged the home secretary to extend the visas of around 200 doctors…

Finlay and Gilmore rightly draw attention to two vulnerable groups of drinkers in the covid-19…

A quarter of doctors have not been involved in planning to deal with the increased…

We know, keep two metres apartNot any more. While UK guidance for the past three…

bmj;369/jun24_5/m2504/FAF1faJohn Sibley/Getty ImagesFootballers from West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers and match officials take part…

The prime minister, Boris Johnson, has announced a major relaxation of the UK’s lockdown rules,…

Although the covid-19 pandemic has provoked the best of human compassion, the hallmarks of unhealthy…

Residents of care homes are centre stage in the covid-19 pandemic for all the wrong…

Demands to address the health inequalities facing ethnic minorities date back at least two decades….

Doctors have encountered difficulties in applying for life insurance because of their exposure to covid-19,…

Production of dexamethasone must be rapidly ramped up to meet global demand for the drug,…

Less than a third (29%) of black, Asian, and other ethnic minority doctors in the…

Godlee appraises the UK government’s response to covid-19.1 Peru is among the countries with the…

Local health protection teams have traced nearly eight times more contacts (77 642) than the…

As we wait for the next phase of the pandemic, many of us are beginning…

On the afternoon of 27 May 2020, the UK’s prime minister Boris Johnson told the…

This is an especially difficult time to be a GP, internist, paediatrician, or other physician…

“Frontline” health and social care workers will be the “highest priority for vaccination” once a…

Scally and colleagues’ editorial is a clear, concise analysis and call to action.1 As a…

Public health agencies in England and Scotland are conducting urgent reviews into the potential for…

We were surprised to read the editorial by Scally and colleagues, which criticises the UK…

Shortly before noon on 5 June 2020, dozens of healthcare workers in blue scrubs and…

The NHS has abandoned its plans to develop its own centralised app for contact tracing…

Scally and colleagues’ editorial on the UK’s public health response to covid-19 is disheartening.1The BMJ,…

Routine inspections of healthcare providers that were suspended during the covid-19 crisis will restart this…

Over 1500 paediatricians in the UK have called on the prime minister to publish a…