The meningitis outbreak and Britain’s long Covid problem
After the pandemic, we are too quick to panic
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The return of measles reveals human beings at their most contradictory
Scare stories about vaccinations are more emotive than dry data.
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Bill Gates: the Optimist’s Dilemma
The philanthropist has been fighting global disease for 25 years. He believes the world is at a dangerous tipping point.
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How the fight against sleeping sickness was won
We are closer than ever before to consigning the “the colonial disease” to history.
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Whooping cough’s deadly epidemic cycle
When the baby stopped breathing and started turning purple, I saw the real effect of this persistent disease.
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Labour’s health reforms can put patients first
A people-centred approach is crucial to tackling chronic diseases.
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Parkrun founder: “It’s everybody’s right to be active and healthy”
Paul Sinton-Hewitt on why running with other people is an under-rated form of medicine.
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Exclusive: Half of Conservative councillors think the NHS has worsened since 2010
Forty-eight per cent of Tory local leaders say health services have deteriorated since their party came to power.
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“The ‘nanny state’ has given us a lot of freedom,” says England’s leading public health director
Greg Fell on Rishi Sunak’s cigarette ban, redefining good health, and individual responsibility.
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The Research Brief: why we need billions for social care
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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It’s time to focus on the UK’s biggest killers
Tackling major diseases would help to create a more equal society.
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