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.
Public Health
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.
TODAY+
— 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.
Bird Flu (H5N1)
— With a greater number of wild birds infected, this latest bird flu outbreak is likely to mean that there have been more opportunities for infected or contaminated wild birds to come into contact with poultry.
COVID-19
— With poor public health messaging, the general public doesn’t seem to know some important things about how COVID-19 and the immune system actually work.
COMMENT
— A new study shows that repeat COVID infections contribute to a significant additional risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organ systems. Long COVID is going to be a defining issue of our times.
OPINION
— China’s Zero COVID policy is being criticised as a means of legitimising the abandonment of public health in the West.
What The Experts Say
— What health experts think about the current COVID situation, and why getting the winter booster jab and wearing face masks now is important.
What The Experts Say
— What health experts say about the autumn COVID wave currently hitting the UK and what they think we should do next.
Public Health
— Swabs from two children in the UK reveal the cause of a mysterious illness that is currently spreading in India, the ‘Tomato flu’.
COVID-19
— A recent study suggests one in eight people who get COVID will go on to develop long COVID.
COVID-19
— While the general public has become less anxious over the course of the pandemic, the opposite is true for vulnerable people who have been shielding from COVID-19 and whose mental health is getting worse.
