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Covid-19: JCVI opts not to recommend universal vaccination of 12-15 year olds

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What has caused the NHS blood tube shortage, and how is it affecting doctors and patients?

Texas’s new abortion law is an attack on medical practice and women’s rights, say doctors

Can the NHS successfully deliver its GP data extraction scheme?

Mortality risk in transgender people is twice as high as in cisgender people, data show

Rugby players lose cognitive function and blood flow to the brain over one season, study shows

Covid-19: 80% of young adults in UK are likely to have antibodies, data suggest

Covid-19: UK will offer third vaccine dose to severely immunosuppressed people

Seven days in medicine: 25-31 August 2021

Long covid: One in seven children may still have symptoms 15 weeks after infection, data show

NHS recovery plan for England is “beyond urgent” given length of waiting times, says Labour

Covid-19: Delta variant doubles risk of hospital admission compared with alpha variant, study shows

Vaccine passports around the world

NICE approves new cholesterol lowering drug after NHS strikes deal with manufacturer

Malaria: Combining vaccine with prophylaxis cuts child deaths by 73%, study finds

Covid-19: Why is Northern Ireland’s death rate so high?

NHS recovery plan for Scotland is “unrealistic,” doctors’ leaders warn

Covid-19: UK cases continue to rise amid warnings of impact of schools reopening

Nine in 10 female doctors in UK have experienced sexism at work, says BMA

Covid-19: Protection from two doses of vaccine wanes within six months, data suggest

Covid-19: 40% of patients with weakened immune system mount lower response to vaccines

Blood tube shortage: Healthcare staff should not be asked to delay tests, says BMA

Covid-19: FDA approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in record time

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Covid-19 vaccines: GPs boost uptake by calling patients and teaming up with community groups

Covid-19: US hospitals are overwhelmed as cases rise at “alarming rate”

Women’s health is made a priority in Scotland

Covid-19: FDA set to grant full approval to Pfizer vaccine without public discussion of data

Hidden data: Public health research is at risk from suppression by governments, study finds

Covid-19 booster vaccines: What we know and who’s doing what

Covid-19: UK approves first monoclonal antibody treatment

Hospital bed occupancy rates in England reach dangerously high levels

RSV: The year the respiratory infection “took its gloves off”

Covid-19: Fully vaccinated people can carry as much delta virus as unvaccinated people, data indicate

Eating disorders: Record number of young people wait for treatment as demand soars

Seven days in medicine: 11-17 August 2021

Covid-19: Australian outbreak surges as New Zealand sees first domestic cases in six months

Ivory Coast rolls out Ebola vaccine after first confirmed case since 1994

Lack of agreement forces NICE to pause publication of ME/CFS guideline

Doctors call for ban on virginity testing and hymenoplasty

Haiti rocked by earthquake

Sure Start children’s centres prevented 13 000 hospital admissions a year, study estimates

Covid-19: Cases in children rise sharply in US as doctors call for vaccine approval

Covid-19: Children born during the pandemic score lower on cognitive tests, study finds

Covid-19: Two vaccine doses are crucial for protection against delta, study finds

Covid-19: China pressured WHO team to dismiss lab leak theory, claims chief investigator

Covid-19: Cases rise in South Korea, China, and Philippines as protests erupt in Thailand

Covid-19: One in nine patients in hospital with covid during first wave became infected after admission

Leaders call for NHS funding boost as data show 5.5 million patients are waiting for routine care

Covid-19: Schools are not hubs of infection and are safe to reopen after summer break, study shows

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Funding boost aims to expand England’s medical school places

Covid-19: Charity offers scholarships to bereaved children of healthcare staff

Guinea reports west Africa’s first ever case of Marburg virus disease

Doctors have faced “worrying levels of abuse” in past month, BMA reports

BMA is to survey trainees over industrial action for exclusion from pay award

Parents of brain damaged girl enlist US and Israeli politicians to maintain treatment as legal options run out

Covid-19: Junior doctors write to young people to acknowledge vaccine concerns

Covid-19: WHO calls for booster shot ban until end of September

Trust boss gets GMC warning for failing to mention that doctor he referred had raised concerns

Covid-19: All 16 and 17 year olds in the UK to be offered first vaccine dose

Scotland intends to set up safe spaces for drug users in defiance of UK government

GP efforts to cut antibiotic use failed to curb spread of drug resistant E coli, evaluation finds

Seven days in medicine: 28 July to 3 August 2021

Covid-19: CPAP reduces need for invasive mechanical ventilation in patients requiring oxygen, study finds

United States trails other rich countries on almost every measure of health, report finds

Covid-19: Most symptomatic children recover within a week, study finds

Online exhibition celebrates rise of women in general practice

Exclusive: Four members of NICE’s guideline committee on ME/CFS stand down

Decision to suspend surgeon who put his initials on patients’ livers was flawed, says judge

Dementia risk in professional footballers is linked to player position and career length, study finds

Covid 19: Most patients in England received good or excellent care in hospital, finds analysis

Amanda Pritchard becomes first woman to lead NHS England

Covid-19: Delta infections threaten herd immunity vaccine strategy

US bill ends some restrictions on global funding of abortion and reproductive health

Covid-19: Pfizer vaccine’s efficacy declined from 96% to 84% four months after second dose, company reports

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MHRA to shed a fifth of its workforce in post-Brexit cost cutting drive

FDA allows drugs without proven clinical benefit to languish for years on accelerated pathway

Covid-19: NICE issues guidance on vaccine induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis

General practice needs rescue package to prevent burnout and preserve care, warns RCGP

Covid-19: Evidence used to support mass lateral flow testing was flawed, experts say

Covid 19: More US institutes, universities, and businesses make masks mandatory as cases rise sharply

Covid-19: Countries dump vaccines as demand slumps and sharing proves difficult

Life expectancy: White people in England and Wales had worst outcomes before pandemic, data show

Covid-19: China stymies investigation into pandemic’s origins

Covid-19: One third of trainees are affected by burnout, GMC survey finds

Major incident declared at two London hospitals after severe flooding

Doctors’ pay: BMA to ask consultants if they would consider industrial action over award

Covid-19: Daily testing of schoolchildren does not lead to substantial increase in cases, preliminary data show

Candida auris,: CDC warns of risk of new, drug resistant strain in US

Covid-19: Lessons from UK’s pandemic response “cannot wait” for government inquiry, say MPs

Covid-19: US public health officials urge FDA to decide on booster vaccines

Covid-19: Longer interval between Pfizer doses results in higher antibody levels, research finds

US life expectancy plunged in 2020, especially in Hispanic and African Americans

All doctors deserve pay rise not just consultants, says BMA in response to disappointing 3% offer

New mental health waiting time targets to be introduced in England

Covid-19: 1.5 million children have been orphaned by pandemic, study estimates

GPs and emergency department doctors need more training to manage head injuries in amateur sportspeople, MPs say