The other epidemic: how coronavirus triggered a surge in mental illness
The behaviours necessary to fight Covid-19 are having painful psychological consequences.
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Can the NHS stop the rise in non-coronavirus deaths?
To save more lives, the Health Secretary must reconcile the “stay at home” message with the message that “the NHS is open”.
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The quiet crisis of Britain’s missing patients
Plummeting heart attack, cancer, stroke and other admissions spell disaster for doctors in “eerily quiet” wards across the country.
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“My job is to kill germs“: how the UK’s cleaners are being left to fight coronavirus alone
Some of the most vital workers during a pandemic are also, due to a lack of support, the most vulnerable.
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Inside the infodemic: Coronavirus in the age of wellness
As the disease spreads, so do quack “cures” such as garlic, bleach and silver solution, peddled on social media.
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Without a government, Northern Ireland’s nurses are still living through austerity
“The nurses are getting more and more demoralised. We’re haemorrhaging staff left, right and centre.”
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Eating with one side of the mouth is like flying a twin-jet airliner on only one engine
No place for false modesty here; I used to be a good cook. No, dammit – I still am a…
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From cyber attack to heart attack: the hidden human impact of hospital hacks
When hospitals suffer cyber breaches, bureaucratic security measures may be leading to more fatalities.
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