COVID-19
— The world has mentally moved on from the pandemic, but the ramifications are still widespread. And there’s a lot we can learn.
Public health is the discipline that focuses on preventing disease, extending life, and enhancing well-being through the coordinated actions of society, both public and private entities, communities, and individuals.
COVID-19
— The world has mentally moved on from the pandemic, but the ramifications are still widespread. And there’s a lot we can learn.
Public Health
— Good Law Project investigation reveals £246.6m wasted on 126 million unusable COVID tests procured by the Department of Health and Social Care from six companies, four via VIP Lane.
COVID-19
— The WHO first described COVID as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Where are we at, three years later?
Journalism
— Journalism and public health are threatened by the betrayal of confidential sources. It erodes trust in journalism, which will have implications for future public health reporting and reporting in general.
Marburg Virus
— WHO is investigating a Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea; sending experts, providing resources, and establishing local lab facilities to identify the source and control the spread.
COVID-19
— Previous infection was highly protective against reinfection with alpha, beta and delta variants, but less so against omicron BA.1.
COVID-19
— Going forward, the majority of individuals residing in the United Kingdom will only be able to achieve immunity to the virus causing COVID-19 by contracting the virus itself.
COVID-19
— The need for lung transplants in the United States has risen due to COVID-19, with 10% of all lung transplants now needed to treat those affected by the virus.
COVID-19
— During the pandemic, the government has employed a cynical tactic to steer attention away from its own errors: creating conditions in which people would suffer shame and stigma.
COVID-19
— A public health expert’s analysis of the situation with COVID-19 in 2022. One thing that definitely didn’t happen in 2022 was the end of the pandemic.
Member-Exclusive Stories
— The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new advice for governments to stockpile medicines to treat radiation sickness in light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
COVID-19
— The ‘Kraken’ COVID variant XBB.1.5 is rising quickly in the US. It can evade our immune systems better than earlier variants and appears to be more infectious too. What does it mean for the UK?
COVID-19
— How the COVID virus works and how it hides from T-cells and Natural Killer immune cells to evade your immune system. How it also flies under the radar to reinfect you, whether you are vaccinated or not.
COVID-19
— After a year of omicron variants, will we ever see a new variant of concern? A virologist explains why omicron is continuing to dominate.
COVID-19
— This piece highlights important things about how COVID-19 is transmitted and what variant-proof measures can be taken to reduce the risk of becoming infected or reinfected.
Long COVID
— A UK survey found most long COVID sufferers have experienced discrimination, prejudice or shame related to the condition.
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