We’ve become used to having autonomy over health decisions, which is what makes fresh restrictions so jarring.
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Lots of creatives will struggle to qualify for the next round of government job support.
A new study finds a link between having young children at home and a lower risk of catching COVID-19.
There are any more sophisticated programs available for managing health data. Why did Public Health England use Microsoft Excel?
COVID-19 changed rough sleeping from a social issue into a public health one – but if numbers are to stay down, it needs to remain a political priority.
The test and trace fiasco shows what happens when a government demands certainty from an unpredictable virus.
Both Moderna and AstraZeneca have used cutting-edge designs to reduce their vaccines’ development time.
Shifts in global politics and other countries’ response to the coronavirus may have made the UK a more attractive option for international students.
Let’s not shut the debate down.
After the pandemic, South Asian governments must spend money on making public services work, rather than relying on GDP growth to pull people out of poverty.
A pathological need to please is preventing the prime minister from breaking bad news.
People aren’t uniform in how they behave – nor in how they spread disease. At a population level, that makes a difference.
‘Prozac leaders’ believe their own rhetoric that “everything is going well”. But this wishful thinking can quickly contaminate organisations, and has been disastrous during the pandemic.
How did the British prime minister and Brazilian president’s brush with COVID-19 affect them politically?
Age, obesity and being male all increase the risk of COVID, but being wealthy is a protective factor.
The swab test may be uncomfortable, but it is perfectly safe.
The latest REACT study provides some reassurance, but there is significant uncertainty in the numbers.
Governments need to engage not just with anti-vaxxers, but with concerns about the safety and environmental impact of vaccines
The British public still wants to rally round its institutions but fraying trust makes the job harder as winter approaches.
Areas with the highest levels of mortality in the first wave do not show a significant resurgence of cases this time around. But why?
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Senior Research Fellow in Global Health, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Bioethics, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University
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Professor in Biomedical Sciences, University of Manchester
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Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde
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Associate Professor in Viral Immunology, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology, University of Bath
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Scientific Officer, University of Leeds
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Principal Lecturer, Microbiology and Biomedical Science Practice, Fellow of the Institute of Biomedical Science, University of Brighton
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Clinical Research Fellow in Viral Immunology and Veterinary Surgeon, University of Cambridge
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Assistant Professor in Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
