Category: COVID-19

Governments across the globe have promoted social distancing as part of multilevel strategies to tackle…

The covid-19 pandemic could entrench and exacerbate inequalities in mental health for a generation unless…

Collaborative working is a key feature of remote team working during the covid-19 pandemic. Occupational…

The NHS could help prevent illness and reduce the risk of contracting the coronavirus in…

In a week when rioting protesters gave “football lads” a bad name, a lad who…

Deaths from covid-19 among black Americans are almost double those of whites, and black, brown,…

The spread of the novel coronavirus has been accompanied by a viral spread of misinformation….

In England, contact tracing for covid-19 was due to be relaunched by the middle of…

The number of deaths involving covid-19 that have occurred in the community has passed 20…

Bowers and colleagues’ editorial on the administration of end-of-life drugs by family caregivers during the…

The demands of responding to covid-19 are damaging the prospects of developing effective influenza vaccines…

Children and young people under 20 are half as susceptible to covid-19 and far less…

Racism, discrimination, and social inequality may have contributed to the increased risk of death from…

In their editorial Bowers and colleagues highlight two important matters—long recognised by palliative care and…

Mohamed and colleagues’ review of current practice in pernicious anaemia acknowledges the evidence for oral…

Low dose dexamethasone reduces deaths in patients hospitalised with covid-19 who need ventilation, according to…

The NHS must secure a new deal for international health and social care workers now…

Mohamed and colleagues explain well the varied presentation and diagnostic difficulties of pernicious anaemia.1 I…

bmj;369/jun16_13/m2411/FAF1faAs the pandemic has spread around the world much has been made of the rising…

Routine vaccination of pregnant women and children must remain a priority during the covid-19 pandemic…

The 17 March 2020 letter from Jay Inslee, the governor of Washington state, to US…

GP surgeries are usually busy places, but now our waiting room is quiet, occupied by…

A surge in new cases of covid-19 in Beijing is a “concern” that is being…

The new NHS covid-19 contact tracing service for England identified and advised 26 985 contacts…

A woman whose father died in a care home has launched a judicial review case…

The US should be prepared for a possible rise in cases of covid-19 in coming…

Ten African countries account for nearly 80% of all cases of covid-19 in the continent,…

Before the covid-19 pandemic hydroxychloroquine was known chiefly as a drug to prevent and treat…

We are two deaf doctors who rely on lipreading in our daily work. The debates…

The increased levels of violence reported during this pandemic are alarming.1 Not only because of…

Is this a football reference?No, it’s got nothing to do with West Ham United or…

The number of urgent GP referrals for cancer dropped by 60% in April compared with…

“I don’t believe the virus is under control, and I don’t believe that the system…

Racism is suddenly and at last everyone’s business, and acting against it is everyone’s responsibility….

Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out an ambition to establish a “world class” test and…

Illness related to the novel coronavirus has driven a global crisis, and many clinicians are…

As deaths from covid-19 rose in the UK, it became clear that people with different…

Provision of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and training does protect doctors treating covid-19 patients…

Douglas and colleagues’ article discusses the wider health effects of the pandemic response.1 There is,…

Mahase highlights the government’s reintroduction of contact tracing in the fight against covid-19.1 The government…

Difficult and varying decisions are being made worldwide about ways to protect children from covid-19….

Future testing programmes for covid-19 or other diseases must be designed so that all results…

Doctors have launched judicial review proceedings after the government decided not to open an inquiry…

A law proposed by the Beijing municipality could criminalise statements critical of traditional Chinese medicine,…

Brazilians may no longer see their cumulative totals of cases and deaths on the government’s…

Lockdown measures may have averted 3.1 million deaths from covid-19 across 11 European countries, including…

Doctors like us who have been working on the covid-19 response in the US have…

Payne writes of the cutaneous lesions arising in healthcare workers wearing FFP3 masks, including erosions…

Drug industry leaders have warned the UK government that stockpiles of some drugs have been…

In the eight weeks since it was published, our article in The BMJ on the…