Category: COVID-19

“Postviral smell loss is relatively common, though in a typical month I would usually see…

Japan has ended its state of emergency a week early after its new infections fell…

Selected NHS patients in hospital with covid-19 will be given the antiviral drug remdesivir after…

The future of the UK’s much vaunted covid-19 contact tracing app seems uncertain after James…

AbstractObjectiveTo appraise the availability, quality, and inclusivity of clinical guidelines produced in the early stage…

As the covid-19 crisis deepens, Greenhalgh and colleagues say that policy makers should encourage the…

Discussion on whether face masks are effective often fails to differentiate between who is being…

The UK government has signed deals with pharmaceutical companies Roche and Abbott to provide 10…

Two tests for covid-19 antibodies developed by the drug companies Roche and Abbott are “highly…

Brazil has overtaken the UK to become the country with the third highest number of…

Introducing blanket policies for the public to wear face masks has major problems, many of…

The UK’s response to the covid-19 pandemic has so far cost the government over £124.3bn…

Javid and colleagues say that “population benefits are plausible and harms unlikely” if the public…

In their editorial Greenhalgh et al advise that surgical masks should be worn in public…

There will be things that the UK government has got right in managing the covid…

The covid-19 pandemic has created profound ethical challenges in health and social care, not only…

“We should advise the public to wear face masks”—Greenhalgh and colleagues detail the absence of…

Greenhalgh and colleagues1 and Javid and colleagues2 argue for public use of face masks or…

More than a third of England’s care homes have now had cases of covid-19, the…

Greenhalgh and colleagues present a pragmatic argument for face mask use by the public in…

Guideline: Diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease during the covid-19 pandemicPublished by the European Society…

bmj;369/may19_6/m2015/FAF1faThe Cardiff artist Nathan Wyburn created this collage during the covid-19 lockdown from hundreds of…

A cross party group of MPs has said that Public Health England’s failure to publish…

Sounds like a sensible approachEvidence based policy does feel rather important during a pandemic. But…

The global threat of antimicrobial resistant bacteria and other superbugs is worsening as many patients…

Among the few success stories of the covid-19 pandemic has been how South Korea remarkably…

Two tests for covid-19 antibodies have been assessed and validated by Public Health England (PHE),…

As the UK moves beyond the first wave peak, the national conversation surrounding covid-19 has…

bmj;369/may18_2/m1988/FAF1faIt is hard to imagine how a consultant paediatrician from Basingstoke initially reacted to the…

Staff should not need to fight for adequate protection at work, but the legal challenge…

There has been a surge in cases of an inflammatory syndrome in children, believed to…

The UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced plans for the next phase of the government’s…

Abbasi mentions the vast number of problems that covid-19 has uncovered.1 To which we might…

It is the nature of politics to be fickle.1 Branded unprofessional and lacking vocation four…

NHS staff are exhausted from the covid-19 pandemic and will need time to rest and…

AbstractObjectiveTo quantify the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) on all cause mortality in Nembro,…

The need for international solidarity, as discussed by Kickbusch and colleagues, has never been greater.1…

Russia is now the country with the second largest number of covid-19 cases, after reporting…

“Like many intensivists, one of the most rewarding parts of the job for me has…

The rate of progress towards the United Nations’ sustainable development goals is too slow and…

bmj;369/may14_8/m1913/FAF1faCredit: Craig Hibbert/ Daily Mail/SolopixEdouard “Eddie” Josse was Britain’s longest serving police surgeon until his…

On 16 March Donna Pierpoint locked down the nursing home she runs in Sheffield, in…

The public would support a new deal for international NHS and social care staff, a…

Scientists have warned that countries in South America should expect a rise in cases and…