Why the UK’s new Covid-19 strategy is uniquely dangerous
The government’s policy of standing back and letting the virus reproduce freely is an invitation to disaster.
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The pingdemic: more than 500,000 people told to self-isolate by NHS app
A total of 520,194 self-isolation alerts were sent in the most recent week, the highest number since the phone app’s…
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A patient comes into the surgery with two concerns – a lump on his arm and life after 19 July
Some people are very clear that “freedom day” means the end of mask-wearing, but my patient is far from unusual in…
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The Covid response owes everything to HIV research – but what will the HIV community get in return?
From vaccines to contact tracing, decades of HIV research taught us so much about fighting Covid-19.
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UK Covid-19 rates are the highest of any European country after Cyprus
Coronavirus cases in Britain have reached their highest level since January with 221,000 in the last week.
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Runner’s high: When exercise becomes an addiction
What is it like to be addicted to something that is not only socially acceptable, but encouraged by society?
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How many people will delete the NHS app as self-isolation alerts rise?
The number of people receiving self-isolation alerts now far exceeds the number of Covid-19 cases.
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What the NHS needs is an overhaul, not the George Cross
We have blind faith in the health service, but the system is broken – and it shouldn’t be heretical to…
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