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Covid-19 could prompt an end to our continued betrayal of childhood

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Engineering masks that are fit for all

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Vaccinating the UK against covid-19

FeatureWill covid-19 vaccines be cost effective—and does it matter?
NewsWhat do we know about the late stage vaccine candidates?
BMJ opinionDelivering covid vaccine—a team effort
BMJ opinionPfizer and Moderna’s “95% effective” vaccines—let’s be cautious and first see the full data
Views & reviews

Partha Kar: Delivering covid vaccine—a team effort

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Views & reviews

David Oliver: Should we bring the curtain down on NHS social media performances?

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Will covid-19 vaccines be cost effective—and does it matter?

FeatureCovid-19: What do we know about the late stage vaccine candidates?
BMJ opinionPartha Kar: Delivering covid vaccine—a team effort
BMJ opinionPfizer and Moderna’s “95% effective” vaccines—let’s be cautious and first see the full data
Editorial

Managing alcohol use in primary care

ResearchTreatment interventions to maintain abstinence from alcohol in primary care
Editorial

Remdesivir: a pendulum in a pandemic

PracticeA living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19
FeatureCovid-19: What now for remdesivir?
Editorial

Covid -19, misinformation, and antimicrobial resistance

Views & reviews

Helen Salisbury: Careless communication costs lives

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Views & reviews

Matt Morgan: The two pandemics—covid and lies

Analysis

If social determinants of health are so important, shouldn’t we ask patients about them?

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Editorial

The language of ethnicity

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The German hospital tackling delirium in patients with dementia

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Views & reviews

Can covid-19 help us deal with the pandemic of defensive medicine?

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Controversial from creation to disbanding, via e-cigarettes and alcohol: an obituary of Public Health England

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Covid-19: What now for remdesivir?

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PracticeA living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19
Views & reviews

Screening the healthy population for covid-19 is of unknown value, but is being introduced nationwide

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Covid-19: Screening without scrutiny, spending taxpayers’ billions

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FeatureTesting times for the government’s favoured antibody kit
EditorialMass testing for covid-19 in the UK
Analysis

Psychopathology in children exposed to trauma: detection and intervention needed to reduce downstream burden

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Analysis

Mitigating toxic stress in children affected by conflict and displacement

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Covid-19: Infections fell by 30% in England during second lockdown

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GPs call for partners to receive same pay rise as salaried colleagues

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NHS England’s media briefings caused rise in complaints against GPs, say doctors

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Sixty seconds on . . . NHS reserves

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Investigation into baby’s death reveals “20 year cover-up” of failures

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New rule allows US government to execute prisoners by means other than lethal injection

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