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Covid-19: Study provides further evidence that mRNA vaccines are safe in pregnancy

Ongoing remifentanil shortage forces anaesthetists to relearn techniques from a decade ago

Tavistock to face possible clinical negligence claims over gender identity service

Prostate cancer: case finding scheme is unapproved “screening by stealth,” GPs claim

Wellcome pledges to act after being branded “institutionally racist”

Polio vaccine is offered to all children in London aged 1 to 9 after virus detected in sewage

Abortion: Indiana becomes first US state to enact an almost total ban

Doctor who misdiagnosed girl’s fatal appendicitis as stomach bug receives warning

Cardiologists’ effectiveness varies widely by region, research suggests

Adopting new technology is crucial to surgeons’ training, says report

GP died by suicide after pressure from job became “overwhelming,” says husband

Breaking down barriers to medicine: five minutes with . . . Emmanuel Oyelami

US Senate passes landmark bill to tackle climate change and cut drug costs

Sixty seconds on . . . medical gaslighting

Archie Battersbee’s life support is withdrawn after parents lose legal battle

Monkeypox: Concerns mount over vaccine inequity

Conservative Kansas votes strongly in favour of abortion rights

UK’s chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance will stand down next year

Groundbreaking anti-smoking laws advance in Malaysia and New Zealand

Climate crisis: Wellcome sells some fossil fuel investments as climate leaders call for full divestment

Covid-19: One in eight adults develops long covid symptoms, study suggests

UK needs specific plan to become “science superpower,” peers claim

Seven days in medicine: 27 July to 2 August 2022

Inquiry urges immediate compensation to victims of contaminated blood

Tory leadership contest reveals complacency about NHS crisis

NHS to rollout continuous glucose monitors for all patients with type 1 diabetes

Junk food advertising bans do help reduce obesity, say researchers

Government must regulate non-surgical cosmetic procedures within a year, say MPs

After Roe v, Wade: US doctors are harassed, confused, and fearful, and maternal morbidity is increasing

NHS gender identity service to close and be replaced by regional centres

Covid-19: Ontario hospitals close wards as nursing shortage bites

Covid-19: Staff absences in July surged amid ongoing pressure on hospitals

Huge rise in GP expenses could make some practices unviable within two years

HIV: Pandemic disruption and resource cuts have slowed progress, UN report finds

Sixty seconds on . . . lactose intolerance

Healthcare access in “zero waste” Milan: five minutes with . . . Gianluca Lista

Seven days in medicine: 20-26 July 2022

Junior doctors still await rotas just days before changeover

Covid-19: “Impossible” to be confident that government awarded Randox contracts properly, say MPs

Long covid: Hair loss and sexual dysfunction are among wider symptoms, study finds

Consultant is struck off after he led parents to pay for private cancer tests for children

Junior doctors take to Westminster to protest on pay and urge strike action

Mesh surgeon fails in bid to stop legal action against trust being made public

Junior doctors protest at omission from pay award

Persistent understaffing of the NHS is putting patients at risk, say MPs

Paediatric hepatitis is linked to infection with two viruses, studies find

“We are solid”—pay award unites profession in appetite for industrial action

BMA tells consultants to stop carrying out non-contractual work unless properly paid

Concurrent surgery across two parallel operating theatres carries risks, say researchers

GMC set to lose power to appeal decisions by medical practitioners tribunals

Monkeypox: WHO declares a public health emergency of international concern

First polio case in decades reported in the Americas

Doctors’ pay award: what have different groups been offered, and is industrial action “inevitable”?

WHO calls for urgent global action to support the health of refugees and migrants

Multiple sclerosis: Biogen to settle claims it bribed doctors to prescribe drugs, with over $200m going to whistleblower

Doctor whose erasure from medical register was quashed is suspended instead

Monkeypox: New clinical symptoms are identified in confirmed cases

Sixty seconds on . . . ultra-processed food

Covid-19: Infection raises risk of diabetes and heart disease diagnoses in following weeks, study finds

UK heatwave piles further pressure on stretched NHS services

Baby who was pronounced dead has since begun to breathe, High Court judge discloses

Seven days in medicine: 13-19 July

GPs can defer driving questionnaires to other healthcare staff following law change

Women’s health: specific assessments to become mandatory in medical training

Covid-19: Up to £2.7bn of public money at risk from PPE disputes, says watchdog

Quebec doctors’ letter forces government rethink on polluted cancer black spot

“No convincing evidence” that depression is caused by low serotonin levels, say study authors

Covid-19: Recovery trial set to lose funding as proposal to examine flu drugs is rejected

Hands learn to teach in Jerusalem

Medical expert witnesses should consider systems that doctors work in, says defence body

Medicine’s #MeToo moment: five minutes with . . . Becky Cox and Chelcie Jewitt

Ghana declares its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after two deaths

Burnout among trainees is at all time high, GMC survey shows

Hospitals ordered to take action to stop ambulances waiting longer than half an hour

Doctors can lawfully stop life support for boy who was brain damaged, High Court rules

Record number of consultant physician jobs are unfilled, census shows

Covid-19: BA.5 variant is now dominant in US as infections rise

Campaign group demands action on NHS doctors’ “unacceptable” working conditions

Doctors in Turkey strike after murder of cardiologist

Patient satisfaction in GP services falls sharply in latest survey

Covid-19: High prevalence and lack of hospital beds putting “intense pressure” on ambulances

GP pensions: Treasury is sympathetic to call for action on unfair tax charges

Undergraduate degrees will no longer count towards specialty training applications

Insomnia: Large study shows how well different drugs work

Sixty seconds on . . . the end of hangovers?

Covid-19: Antimicrobial resistance rose dangerously in US during pandemic, CDC says

NICE approves two more treatment options for advanced breast cancer

Seven days in medicine: 6-12 July 2022

Psychiatrists call for better workplace support for people with mental health problems

Pay gap: Women in healthcare sector earn 24% less than men, international report finds

Covid-19: MPs call for greater efforts to reach the unvaccinated and partially vaccinated

GP partnership model will not be scrapped, senior officials insist

Online NHS 111 service made no difference to call handlers’ workload, study finds

Scottish NHS patients can visit US expert for mesh removal surgery

Covid-19: Researchers face wait for patient level data from Pfizer and Moderna vaccine trials

Drug company asks FDA to approve over-the-counter contraceptive pill

Chemotherapy delivery service by drone lifts off

Covid-19: Parts of England see hospital admissions more than double in two weeks

NHS Race and Health Observatory conference: leaders give their views

Covid-19: Ethnic minority staff felt “vulnerable” during pandemic, says senior leader