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Clinical negligence: Doctors and managers must learn from litigation claims, say experts

European regulators urged to crack down on missing clinical trial results

Seven days in medicine: 28 April to 4 May 2021

Covid-19: Vaccines will be tested against variants of concern after £29m funding boost from UK government

Covid-19: Two doses of Pfizer vaccine are “highly effective” against infection, hospital admission, and death, study finds

Covid-19: Public health response should be “local by default,” say leaders

Excited delirium: what’s the evidence for its use in medicine?

Covid-19: Female NHS and care staff report deteriorating health because of pandemic

Covid-19: Biden aims for 70% of Americans to have at least one vaccination by 4 July

Hospital doctor who took £41 000 in salary payments after contract ended loses appeal against erasure

Covid-19: Photograph collection records historic vaccine rollout

GPs are at “breaking point” and in need of respite, leaders warn

Covid-19: Uptake of testing does not reflect chances of positive test, study finds

Covid-19: Students overlooked for vaccine in favour of family members at Dublin hospital

Spire Healthcare pleads guilty to failing to tell four patients about poor treatment

Covid-19: Most people admitted to hospital after vaccination were infected before immunity could develop, research shows

Why is India having a covid-19 surge?

Biden administration proposes making opioid addiction treatment more easily available

Many more people could benefit from blood pressure lowering drugs, say researchers

Sixty seconds on . . . concussion in football

Covid-19: Heavy use of oxygen brings new danger to world’s hospitals

Covid-19: US relaxes rules on mask wearing for fully vaccinated people

Covid-19: Booster vaccine to be rolled out in autumn as UK secures 60m more Pfizer doses

Seven days in medicine: 21-27 April 2021

Covid-19: MHRA is concerned over use of rapid lateral flow devices for mass testing

Covid-19: One dose of vaccine cuts risk of passing on infection by as much as 50%, research shows

Covid-19: US will send 60 million AstraZeneca doses abroad as domestic demand falls

Assisted dying: Hancock asks for more data on suicides of terminally ill people

Covid-19: India should stop mass gatherings and consider postponing elections, say doctors

Myanmar: Medical organisations unite to condemn attacks on healthcare workers

Covid-19: Wider use of FFP3 masks may be needed because of airborne transmission, say scientific advisers

Covid-19: Countries rally to support India through “storm that has shaken the nation”

Covid-19: UK launches antivirals taskforce to deliver home treatments by autumn

Covid-19: Government will consider call to allow GPs to vaccinate in their own surgeries

Sixty seconds on . . . smell training

Covid-19: US authorises Johnson and Johnson vaccine again, ending pause in rollout

Malaria vaccine becomes first to achieve 75% efficacy goal in trial of children

Myanmar coup regime targets striking doctors with bullets, arrests, and erasures

Covid-19: One in five government contracts had signs of possible corruption, report finds

Covid-19: Infections fell by 65% after first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine, data show

Antidepressants: Evidence on safe discontinuation is lacking, concludes Cochrane review

Covid-19: India looks to import oxygen as cases surge, overwhelming hospitals

Covid-19: Government race review “misused evidence,” says Marmot

Government and medical educators must act to reduce deaths from air pollution, says coroner

Seven days in medicine: 14-20 April

Covid-19: Is the UK heading towards mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers?

Invest to staff the NHS properly, healthcare leaders warn prime minister

Covid-19: Canada relaxes age limits on AstraZeneca vaccine as Ontario cases surge

Covid-19: Unusual blood clots are “very rare side effect” of Janssen vaccine, says EMA

Covid-19: Government faces legal action over £102m contract for FFP3 masks