Health
Why the ‘100,000 deaths’ figure is misleading the public
News outlets should report the age-standardised mortality rates alongside the number of excess deaths so as not to mislead the public
The moral injuries in store for NHS workers
Research is revealing invisible injuries beyond the traditional diagnosis of PTSD, with important applications for healthcare staff caught up in battling Covid-19
The underlying cause of death
Recording guidelines are obscuring rather than clarifying the real extent of Covid’s impact on excess deaths
Lockdown sceptics are society’s gadflies
‘I can’t agree with Alistair Haimes that the arrival of vaccines should change how we feel about lockdowns’
In defence of lockdown sceptics
Alistair Haimes is wrong – the facts against a third lockdown haven’t changed
People with disabilities are bearing the brunt of Covid measures
The coronavirus response will disproportionately affect people with disabilities for years to come
The new Covid-19 strain is a political disaster of our own making
By seeking answers to scientific questions no-one had asked, we find ourselves assigning importance to discoveries which may have none
Boiling the bioethical frog
Have we passed the point of no return? The Covid Physician warns against crossing the bioethical Rubicon
What can blood and stool tell us about the spread of Covid-19?
New scientific studies have captured a different, broader picture – not a selection of details in high-resolution that grab headlines
The child trans judgement is a step in the right direction
The ruling that under 16s should be assumed unable to consent to puberty blockers means that this unregulated experiment may finally be drawing to a close