Covid-19: Latin America defies nationalism and circumstance to develop its own vaccines
When the pandemic shook the world in 2020, Argentina, like many countries, went into full…
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Covid-19: US agency launches raft of clinical trials of treatments for long covid
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced a series of clinical trials of…
Covid-19: Leaked cremation data hint at true scale of China’s death rate
Cremation figures released and then quickly withdrawn by authorities in China’s Zhejiang province appear to…
US ends funding for China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on 17 July that it…
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Covid-19: Bring back mandatory mask wearing in health settings, say Scottish workers
Decisions taken to end the universal wearing of face masks in hospitals and doctors’ surgeries…
Tackling covid-19 variants
Japan announced on 26 June 2023 that it may have entered its ninth wave of…
Did covid-19 come from a lab leak in China?
Why is the laboratory leak theory in the news again?As a mystery with no definitive…
Assessing resilience of a health system is difficult but necessary to prepare for the next crisis
Health systems must constantly prepare for crises that threaten their operations. These include shocks that…
Covid-19 inquiry: Brexit blamed for diverting focus away from pandemic planning
Last week’s covid-19 inquiry hearings picked up where they left off, with politicians shirking any…
Risk prediction of covid-19 related death or hospital admission in adults testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection during the omicron wave in England (QCOVID4): cohort study
AbstractObjectivesTo derive and validate risk prediction algorithms (QCOVID4) to estimate the risk of covid-19 related…
A framework for assessing selection and misclassification bias in mendelian randomisation studies: an illustrative example between body mass index and covid-19
Mendelian randomisation (MR) can be implemented as an instrumental variable analysis, with genetic variants as…
Fungal infections are especially dangerous for covid-19 patients, CDC study warns
Patients admitted to hospital with covid-19 were more likely to die if they also had…
The imprinting effect of covid-19 vaccines: an expected selection bias in observational studies
Antigenic variation in the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant and subvariants are substantial compared with previous variants…
Adverse outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection with delta and omicron variants in vaccinated versus unvaccinated US veterans: retrospective cohort study
AbstractObjectivesTo determine the association between covid-19 vaccination types and doses with adverse outcomes of severe…
Vaccine effectiveness against delta and omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2
Never before had humanity seen such a swift, concerted response to the emergence of a…
Covid-19: WHO declares end of global health emergency
The World Health Organization has declared that covid-19 is no longer a “global health emergency”…
Molnupiravir and risk of post-acute sequelae of covid-19: cohort study
AbstractObjectiveTo examine whether treatment with the antiviral agent molnupiravir during the first five days of…
Stéphane Bancel, Bernie Sanders spar over what Moderna owes the federal government
WASHINGTON — Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel and Senate health committee Chair Bernie Sanders shook hands…
Opinion: There are 4 gaps in global pandemic responses. The biggest is missing leadership
Three years after news of the first cases of Covid-19 infections and deaths began to…
Covid-19: UK deaths from all causes 3.1% above average during the pandemic
The UK’s all cause mortality was 3.1% above average during the covid-19 pandemic compared with…
NHS faces significant pressure as flu and covid cases rise
The NHS received one of the highest weekly numbers of 111 calls last week as…
Covid-19: NHS is struggling to treat more patients than before pandemic despite more staff and funding, finds analysis
Covid-19 may have dealt a “lasting adverse hit” to NHS performance rather than a short…
Covid-19: High rates in hospitals have hampered elective care recovery, says NHS chief
The NHS in England significantly underestimated the continuing impact of covid-19 on hospital bed capacity…
Effectiveness of mRNA-1273, BNT162b2, and BBIBP-CorV vaccines against infection and mortality in children in Argentina, during predominance of delta and omicron covid-19 variants: test negative, case-control study
AbstractObjectiveTo estimate the effectiveness of a two dose vaccine schedule (mRNA-1273, BNT162b2, and BBIBP-CorV) against…
Understanding and neutralising covid-19 misinformation and disinformation
Key messagesResearch on the political and commercial determinants of health points to the importance of…
Rishi Sunak’s covid record—and what it tells us about his views on health, wealth, and the value of science
Rishi Sunak’s actions during the covid-19 pandemic tell us a great deal about his attitudes…
Covid-19: China eases rules amid rise in cases
bmj;379/nov15_13/o2743/FAF1faKevin Frayer/Getty ImagesEpidemic control workers in Beijing take shelter during China’s largest annual online shopping…
Covid-19: Funding for pandemic preparedness being “sucked away” by war in Ukraine
A funding gap of around ₤10.5bn (€12bn; $12.4bn) for pandemic preparedness in developing countries has…
AstraZeneca’s covid-19 (mis)adventure and the future of vaccine equity
The pandemic, for a moment, wobbled the foundations of the drug industry, with calls to…
Covid-19: England’s health declined in 2020, but not across all areas
The health of the population in England declined in 2020 during the early stages of…
Authors’ reply to Upton
We thank Upton for his comments1 on our article.2We agree that the Joint Committee on…
Covid-19: Evusheld protects the most vulnerable patients, analysis shows
The antibody drug Evusheld is effective for protecting clinically extremely vulnerable people from covid-19, including…
Covid-19: Charging French former health minister with endangering lives was “very unȷust,” says former prime minister
The former French health minister Agnès Buzyn should not have been charged with putting the…
US faces triple epidemic of flu, RSV, and covid
The US is now in a flu epidemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control…
Effective knowledge mobilisation: creating environments for quick generation, dissemination, and use of evidence
Key messagesEffective response to the pandemic required real time use of research knowledgeSome existing infrastructures…
Has covid-19 become milder?
Is covid-19 really getting milder?The short answer is no. Covid-19 is still a deadly disease,…
Comparative risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome or thromboembolic events associated with different covid-19 vaccines: international network cohort study from five European countries and the US
AbstractObjectiveTo quantify the comparative risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome or thromboembolic events associated with…
FDA urged to publish follow-up studies on covid-19 vaccine safety signals
In July 2021 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly disclosed findings of a…
What next for covid-19 vaccines?
Will we continue to need annual covid boosters?Eleanor Riley, professor of immunology at the University…
Authors’ reply to Ward
Ward comments1 on a lack of acknowledgement of functional symptoms in long covid in our…
Covid-19 and long covid highlight the need to tackle behavioural health challenges
Greenhalgh and colleagues’ Practice Pointer1 and the Opinion article from Long Covid SOS2 serve as…
Long covid update for primary care should acknowledge functional symptoms
It must be a fraught task, writing about long covid. The list of symptoms is…
Post-acute sequelae of covid-19 six to 12 months after infection: population based study
AbstractObjectivesTo describe symptoms and symptom clusters of post-covid syndrome six to 12 months after acute…
Vaccine effectiveness of primary series and booster doses against covid-19 associated hospital admissions in the United States: living test negative design study
AbstractObjectiveTo compare the effectiveness of a primary covid-19 vaccine series plus booster doses with a…
Covid-19: Hospital admissions rise in England as some trusts reinstate mask requirements
The number of people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in England rose by almost a…
Evusheld: Government is urged to expedite covid antibody treatment for vulnerable patients
The UK government has been urged to re-examine its decision not to purchase a new…
Covid-19: Don’t let economic crisis distract from preparing for a future pandemic, conference hears
Most countries haven’t learnt all the lessons of the covid pandemic and need to take…
Learning networks in the pandemic: mobilising evidence for improvement
Key messagesThe paucity of evidence during the early phase of the pandemic provided an opportunity…
Implementation of covid-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
Key messagesThe development of safe and effective covid-19 vaccines is one of the great success…
A plan for unhealthy growth
The UK government’s plans for the NHS and the economy, unveiled last week, don’t bode…