We urgently need new measures to protect household contacts The UK is one of the countries most severely affected by covid-19. Recent outbreaks in English towns such as Oldham, probably involving transmission within large multigenerational households, show the importance of getting the right public health measures in place now to prevent more widespread surges in infections.1 Current test and…
Exposure to low doses for short periods outside the first trimester appears to not be associated with a substantially increased risk of neuropsychiatric disorders According…
Removing the “reasonable punishment” defence and prohibiting corporal punishment of children can help to reduce family violence, says Andrew Rowland In England and Northern Ireland,…
Why do politicians have such a low opinion of British people’s compassion to think this policy is a vote winner, asks Martin McKee Late on…
Hagen S, Kearney R, Goodman K, et al. Clinical effectiveness of vaginal pessary self-management vs clinic-based care for pelvic organ prolapse (TOPSY): a randomised controlled…
You’re right. Genetic traces of the H5N1 influenza A virus have been found in American milk. Calm down. The good news is that it’s not…
Doctors in the first year of foundation training who have yet to be allocated to the jobs they are expected to start on 7 August…
Objective To investigate the potential association between prenatal opioid exposure and the risk of neuropsychiatric disorders in children. Design Nationwide birth cohort study. Setting From…
The long term harms of alcohol are being minimised in industry funded education, find Madlen Davies and Hristio Boytchev Universities and schools are being urged…
On 21 April a woman with a rare and incurable disease became the first person in Peru to die with medical assistance, potentially opening the…
