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The evidence is clear that obesity is a risk factor for severe covid-19 disease and death. Meera Senthilingam asks what this increased urgency has done to boost action against this other epidemic

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Healthcare workers charged with subversion in Hong Kong under draconian new security law

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Vitamin D and covid-19

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Bernard Lown: a principled life

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Doctors unhappy at proposed 1% pay rise for consultants and salaried GPs in England

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Doctors unlawfully denied drug to girl with spinal muscular atrophy, appeal court rules

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Alcohol deaths rise sharply in England and Wales

BMJ opinionAlcohol related deaths are on the rise, but we remain a nation in denial

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A day in the life of a medical student from Pakistan

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Covid-19: Budget has failed to provide recovery funding for NHS, health leaders warn

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Government’s new scientific research agency will be exempt from public contract rules and Freedom of Information Act

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Judge overturns decision to strike consultant surgeon off medical register

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Covid-19: 237m vaccine doses to be distributed worldwide over next three months

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Avoiding exploitation in multinational covid-19 vaccine trials

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Wolf’s post-herpetic isotopic response

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David Oliver: Has covid-19 shown society’s disregard for old and sick people?

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Covid-19: Highest death rates seen in countries with most overweight populations

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Covid-19: Government pursued in the courts over controversial antibody test

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Portraits of the people who made vaccines possible

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Covid-19, trust, and Wellcome: how charity’s pharma investments overlap with its research efforts

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Covid-19: Germany struggles with slow uptake of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine

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Covid-19: Universities may need to test students every three days to prevent major outbreaks, say researchers

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Covid-19: Schedule breast screening before vaccine or 4 to 6 weeks after to avoid false positives, says guidance

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Treatment effects in randomised trials using routinely collected data for outcome assessment versus traditional trials

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