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Covid-19: Colleges publish guidance after patients attend emergency departments with vaccine concerns

Covid-19: Colleges publish guidance after patients attend emergency departments with vaccine concerns

A group of royal colleges has produced guidance for doctors seeing patients who have concerns about symptoms

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Helen Salisbury: Will additional roles save general practice?

Will a scheme recruiting pharmacists, physiotherapists, and social prescribers to primary care lighten GPs' workload?

opinion  |  Apr 13
Helen Salisbury: Will additional roles save general practice?

Will a scheme recruiting pharmacists, physiotherapists, and social prescribers to primary care lighten GPs' workload?

GP practice
opinion

Apr 13

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Covid-19: EU investigates four reports of blood clots after Janssen vaccine

The European Medicines Agency is investigating four reported cases of unusual blood clots

news  |  Apr 13
Covid-19: EU investigates four reports of blood clots after Janssen vaccine

The European Medicines Agency is investigating four reported cases of unusual blood clots

Covid-19 vaccine
news

Apr 13

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Screening and management of atrial fibrillation in primary care

This review explores the epidemiology, screening, and risk assessment of atrial fibrillation, as well as management of symptoms

clinical review  |  Apr 12
Screening and management of atrial fibrillation in primary care

This review explores the epidemiology, screening, and risk assessment of atrial fibrillation, as well as management of symptoms

Pillars of atrial fibrillation management
clinical review

Apr 12

Covid-19: US suspends Johnson and Johnson vaccine rollout over blood clots
news  |  Apr 13
Covid-19: Chinese vaccines may need changes to improve efficacy, admits official
news  |  Apr 13
UK deaths in 2020: how do they compare with previous years?
feature  |  Apr 13
Rammya Mathew: Women in leadership—not just an unattainable ideal
opinion  |  Apr 13
Covid-19: Budesonide shortens recovery time in patients not admitted to hospital, study finds
news  |  Apr 12
A very real danger that covid-19 will become entrenched as a disease of poverty
opinion  |  Apr 9
Covid-19: a disaster five years in the making
feature  |  Apr 9

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Covid-19: Government faces legal action over contract for antibody tests
Group issues plea to PM over “wall of hearts” memorial
Covid-19: Rare immune response may cause clots after AstraZeneca vaccine, say researchers
Sixty seconds on . . . a covid-19 inquiry
What did the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities say on health?
Stop using body mass index as measure of health, say MPs
Doctors raise concerns about NICE guidelines on chronic primary pain

Research

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Linked electronic health records for research on a nationwide cohort of more than 54 million people
E-health StandingTall balance exercise for fall prevention in older people
Adherence to the test, trace, and isolate system in the UK
Update to living systematic review on drug treatments for covid-19
Guidance for the design and reporting of studies evaluating the clinical performance of tests for present or past SARS-CoV-2 infection
PRISMA 2020 explanation and elaboration: updated guidance and exemplars for reporting systematic reviews

Comment

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Assessing risk for healthcare workers during the pandemic
Low numbers of disabled doctors mean potential loss of insightful care for everyone
Reporting of AstraZeneca studies may have caused vaccine reservations
Overcoming spectrum bias for accurate SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence estimates
Structural racism is a fundamental cause and driver of ethnic disparities in health
Chagas disease in non-endemic settings
Covid-19, open science, and the CVD-COVID-UK initiative

Education

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Reducing unnecessary red blood cell transfusion in hospitalised patients
Lab leaks? . . . and other stories
Update to living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19
Decreased visual acuity after a cat scratch
Deranged liver function in pregnancy
Otitis externa
Tomorrow’s doctors, tomorrow’s leaders
Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women
Virtual clinics are reassuring but sometimes daunting

Covid-19 vaccines

How the JCVI sets who gets a covid-19 vaccine and when
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The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has played a crucial role in advising prioritisation and scheduling in the UK, writes Jo Best.

feature

Apr 9

Maintaining trust in the covid-19 vaccine programme will be essential in the months ahead
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In light of recent concerns about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, sustained and clear communication from trusted sources is needed to maintain uptake as the evidence evolves

opinion

Apr 12

What do we know about China’s covid-19 vaccines?
feature  |  Apr 9
The lack of vaccine trial data creates another layer of inequality
opinion  |  Apr 12
Covid-19 in Italy: maintaining trust in vaccines
opinion  |  Apr 12
Covid-19 vaccines save lives
editorial  |  Apr 9

Long covid

Post-covid syndrome in individuals admitted to hospital with covid-19

People discharged from hospital after covid-19 appear to have increased rates of multiorgan dysfunction, finds new research

research

Mar 31

Fresh evidence of the scale and scope of long covid
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Healthcare services must be reconfigured to manage enduring multimorbidity following covid-19

editorial

Apr 1

The stigma is real for people living with long covid
opinion  |  Apr 12
Seeing through the fog of long covid
opinion  |  Apr 12
Long covid—looking across data, diseases, and disciplines
opinion  |  Apr 12
Covid-19: One in three has neurological or psychiatric condition diagnosed after covid infection, study finds
news  |  Apr 7

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