Why we should be worried by the new Covid wave
With the emergence of a highly mutated Omicron variant, policies for controlling the virus deserve our renewed attention.
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With the emergence of a highly mutated Omicron variant, policies for controlling the virus deserve our renewed attention.
By Phil WhitakerOur medical editor spent New Year’s Day in A&E after his mother collapsed in church. In this personal essay…
By Phil WhitakerThe total number of patients waiting for some form of investigation or specialist treatment has topped 7 million.
By Phil WhitakerShort-term sticking plasters rather than long-term healing may be too tempting for Rishi Sunak’s unpopular government.
By Phil WhitakerBioNTech is attempting to deploy the vaccination technology it developed for Covid as a weapon against malignancy.
By Phil WhitakerIn many areas there are not enough doctors to meet demand, and technology alone cannot solve the problem.
By Phil WhitakerThe disease has traditionally been regarded as having low transmissibility – however, case numbers suggest that view might need…
By Phil WhitakerNew signs of a virus that had been banished from Britain for decades raise further questions about the pandemic’s…
By Phil WhitakerScreen time has its social upsides – but thousands of hours of lost face-to-face contact is an urgent concern.
By Phil Whitaker