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Elapsed time since BNT162b2 vaccine and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection

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Elapsed time since BNT162b2 vaccine and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection

This study found a gradual increase in the risk of covid-19 infection from 90 days after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

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Common causes of chest pain in patients with non-obstructive coronary arteries

Management of ischaemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA)

This review provides a holistic approach to the management of patients with ischaemia in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease

clinical review | Nov 26

Management of ischaemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries (INOCA)

This review provides a holistic approach to the management of patients with ischaemia in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease

Common causes of chest pain in patients with non-obstructive coronary arteries

clinical review

Nov 26

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Why don’t we just open the windows?

It is time to accept the fact that most people acquire SARS-CoV-2 by breathing in contaminated air. We cannot ignore airborne transmission any longer, however difficult or costly it may be to control, says this Editorial

editorial | Nov 26

Why don’t we just open the windows?

It is time to accept the fact that most people acquire SARS-CoV-2 by breathing in contaminated air. We cannot ignore airborne transmission any longer, however difficult or costly it may be to control, says this Editorial

A young woman opening a window

Nov 26

A community worker delivers daily necessities to a household under home quarantine in Ruili, china in July 2021

Covid-19: Why China is sticking to “zero tolerance” public health measures

Despite vaccinating over 75% of its population, China seems to be sticking to the containment approach. Andrew Silver asks why

feature | Nov 25

Covid-19: Why China is sticking to “zero tolerance” public health measures

Despite vaccinating over 75% of its population, China seems to be sticking to the containment approach. Andrew Silver asks why

A community worker delivers daily necessities to a household under home quarantine in Ruili, china in July 2021

Nov 25

Finding hope in COP26

opinion | Nov 26

Covid-19: Vaccine uptake during pregnancy has increased but deprived areas lag behind, data show

news | Nov 26

Plans for same day emergency care are stalling from lack of investment, leaders warn

news | Nov 26

Over half of general practices in England would quit primary care networks, indicative ballot shows

news | Nov 26

Preventing pandemics in the world’s most vulnerable settings

editorial | Nov 25

The dangers in policy and practice of following the consensus

editor's choice | Nov 25

Discordant and inappropriate discordant recommendations in consensus and evidence based guidelines

research | Nov 25

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Ministers and national leaders are failing to model compassionate treatment of staff, say experts

Jersey is set to allow assisted dying

Childhood obesity: are new treatment centres the solution?

Adverts for cosmetic surgery targeting teenagers to be banned from next year

Could rural China’s healthcare deal with covid-19?

Headlines play down the gravity of covid-19 in children

Workforce: health leaders lament lost chance to secure safe staffing in Health and Care Bill

Research

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Ambient heat and risks of emergency department visits among adults in the United States

Effect of PEP flute self-care versus usual care in early covid-19

Prescription opioid treatment and initiation of injection drug use

Sex differences in mortality among binational cohort of people with chronic kidney disease

Effect of nutritionally modified infant formula on academic performance

Exercise versus usual care after non-reconstructive breast cancer surgery

Epinephrine before defibrillation in patients with shockable in-hospital cardiac arrest

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Ending this pandemic and securing the future

National responses to covid-19: drivers, complexities, and uncertainties in the first year of the pandemic

Strengthening the basics: public health responses to prevent the next pandemic

Vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics for covid-19: redesigning systems to improve pandemic response

Investing in trust and community resilience: lessons from the early months of the first digital pandemic

Assessing the role of qualitative factors in pandemic responses

Resetting international systems for pandemic preparedness and response

Aggressive containment, suppression, and mitigation of covid-19: lessons learnt from eight countries

Education

Group programmes for weight loss may be more effective than one-to-one sessions

What support do young people affected by adverse childhood experiences need?

Is cerclage safe and effective in preventing preterm birth in women presenting early in pregnancy with cervical dilatation?

Self-testing for HIV could increase diagnoses in the trans community

Advances in systemic therapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hyperventilation syndrome in over 16s: summary of NICE guidance

Options for a Global Pandemic Treaty

Triggers for treaty negotiations: could lessons from environmental protection inform a prospective pandemic treaty?

Celebrating the Paris Agreement in 2015

The factors in favour of starting negotiations on a pandemics treaty are similar to those that triggered the successful negotiation of key environmental agreements, Katharina Kummer Peiry reports

Nov 26

The world must act now to be prepared for future health emergencies

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Thirty three ministers of health from around the world call for a new global agreement on pandemic preparedness and response

Nov 23

What is the missing ingredient in global pandemic preparedness and response?

opinion | Nov 28

Can geopolitics derail the pandemic treaty?

analysis | Nov 26

Unless we address the inequity in global health, the world will not be prepared for the next pandemic

opinion | Nov 19

Creating a new global treaty to minimise future pandemic risks

opinion | Nov 12

The Recovery podcast

The Recovery—a podcast about action for sustainable healthcare

A new podcast series explores ways to wind back medical excess and make health systems healthier in the long run

Nov 15

Designing an ecological approach to health

Orrow

Gillian Orrow describes how we can cultivate personal, population, and planetary health

Nov 17

A movement for common care

opinion | Nov 23

How doctors are betraying the Hippocratic oath

opinion | Nov 16

First, do no harm—the dangers of medical excess

Nov 19

Remembering the mission on healthcare’s path to decarbonisation

opinion | Nov 19

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Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality

research | Nov 18

Priority setting and net zero healthcare: how much health can a tonne of carbon buy?

analysis | Oct 28

When and how to deintensify type 2 diabetes care

practice | Nov 5

Afghanistan’s doctors urge world to put politics and prejudice aside to save its healthcare

feature | Nov 3

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Risk of mortality in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern 202012/1: matched cohort study

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Risk of thrombocytopenia and thromboembolism after covid-19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 positive testing: self-controlled case series study

Aug 26, 2021