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Covid-19: Science the fall guy as Hancock seeks to shift blame

Covid-19: How did the health secretary respond to Dominic Cummings’s allegations?

Three FDA advisory panel members resign over approval of Alzheimer’s drug

Pandemic preparedness: UK government kept coronavirus modelling secret

Sixty seconds on . . . dengue

Rheumatoid arthritis: NICE recommends more treatments for patients with moderate disease

Waiting list for hospital treatment tops “grim milestone” of five million

Covid-19: AstraZeneca vaccine linked with small risk of ITP, real world data show

EU drugs agency admits that it misses UK data and expertise

Seven days in medicine: 2-8 June 2021

GPs urged to see all children with respiratory symptoms in person

Covid-19: Tests must be more rigorously regulated to protect public, say statisticians

Anaesthetist training: UK “must double numbers” to combat NHS waiting lists

Maternity care: CQC imposes sanctions on Sheffield unit over concerns about safety and quality

Covid-19: Aspirin does not improve survival for patients admitted to hospital, trial reports

Staff burnout: MPs demand “total overhaul” of NHS workforce planning

FDA approves controversial Alzheimer’s drug despite uncertainty over effectiveness

Surgeon is struck off after failing to tell employers that he was being investigated

Flawed NHS records skew ethnic health data, says study

Ethnic health inequalities: turning evidence into action

Sixty seconds on . . . cough in a box

Covid-19: Delta variant is now UK’s most dominant strain and spreading through schools

Covid-19: Freedom won’t last if UK doesn’t share excess vaccine doses, aid agencies warn

Covid-19: Peru’s official death toll triples to become world’s highest

Covid-19: UK has highest vaccine confidence and Japan and South Korea the lowest, survey finds

Identifying patients in outpatient clinics must be improved, says safety watchdog

JAMA, editor in chief steps down over controversial structural racism podcast

Covid-19: Antimicrobial use was high during first wave despite bacterial co-infections being rare, study finds

Seven days in medicine: 26 May to 2 June 2021

Covid-19: PPE guidance is upgraded as evidence of airborne transmission grows

Junior doctors call for 15% pay rise and censure BMA for inaction over pay review body

Covid-19: Official figures “underestimate” deaths caused by discharging patients into care homes

Covid-19: Government faces legal challenge over alleged suppression of school data

Financial interests: Government supports local solution despite doctors’ calls for central register

Covid-19: Is it safe to lift all restrictions in England from 21 June?

England urged to introduce minimum alcohol pricing

Protesters call for UK to back covid vaccine waiver

Surgeon is suspended for 12 months after working at private hospital while suspended from NHS

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CQC’s plans to rethink inspection ratings don’t go far enough, says BMA

New GP patient data extraction scheme raises concern

Covid-19: “Complete nonsense” to say government shielded care homes, says PM’s former aide

US drug regulator issues its first ever non-compliance notice for not posting trial results

Sierra Leone: Ebola and war survivors failed by lack of mental health services, Amnesty finds

Covid-19: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is “likely” responsible for deaths of some elderly patients, Norwegian review finds

Covid-19: Thousands died needlessly from UK pandemic response, says PM’s former aide

Northern Ireland: Doctors oppose plans for duty of candour failures to carry criminal sanctions

Seven days in medicine: 19-25 May 2021

Surgical services: Northern Ireland must speed up action to tackle UK’s worst waiting lists, says royal college

Covid-19: PM’s former chief aide accuses health secretary of lying over PPE and access to treatment