The rate of new coronavirus infections in England fell by about 60% from February to March but has now levelled off, with an estimated 1 in 500 people currently infected. The findings from the 10th round of the Real Time Assessment of Community Transmission (React 1) programme show a flattening in the infection rate with an estimated R number of 1 (95% confidence interval 0.81 to 1.21).1 The…
Norway’s health minister, Ingvild Kjerkol, resigned on 12 April after allegations of plagiarism in her masters thesis. She has been under investigation by Nord University…
Chronically underfunded and with hundreds of thousands of roles vacant, social care is in crisis, piling pressure on frontline services and GPs. One solution comes…
Women and girls living in poor and marginalised communities have been left out of three decades of advances in sexual and reproductive health, according to…
Heart failure not stroke is the most common complication of atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation is a major public health problem affecting 37 million people worldwide,1…
It’s easy and somewhat commonplace to liken healthcare to a widget factory, to boil it down to inputs and outputs; to capacity, productivity, and efficiency.…
The Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health (RCPCH) has called for the removal of the “reasonable punishment” defence that allows parents in England and…
New initiatives to boost health literacy in populations and organisations need broad input from patients and the public, says Tessa Richards “Sunshine, rest, exercise, diet,…
Baby food manufacturer Nestlé has been accused of “unjustifiable” double standards after an investigation found that it added high levels of sugar to cereals for…
### What you need to know Climate change is arguably the most significant global health threat of the 21st century.1 Despite the increasingly visible impacts…
New study identifies a wider range of associated harm The linked study by Mok and colleagues (doi:10.1136/bmj-2023-076268) provides new insights into the risks associated with…
