Doctors and campaigners seek judicial review of government’s efforts to provide PPE for NHSCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMinisters are facing a high court legal challenge after they refused to order an urgent investigation into the shortages of personal protective equipment faced by NHS staff during the coronavirus pandemic.Doctors, lawyers and campaigners for...

Study’s findings highlight potential long-term damage of UK’s early testing strategyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePeople who think they have had coronavirus are less likely to download a contact-tracing app, even if they have no proof that they ever contracted the virus, according to a study published this week.The finding highlights the potential long-term...

At Imperial College we’ve been comparing psilocybin to conventional drugs – and the results are potentially game-changingThe world is experiencing a devastating physical health emergency. But the coronavirus pandemic has also seen a renewed focus on our psychological wellbeing. Loneliness, uncertainty and grief may be intensifying an already acute mental health crisis, and in the US there has...

As a scientist, it’s clear to me that the collective action vital to success relies on leaders being honest about their strategyLiam Smeeth is dean of the Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineThe UK should have been a world leader in tacking Covid-19. It has universal healthcare delivered through a single, joined-up system, a...

Your questions answered on what type of mask to wear to cut the risk of getting Covid-19Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageYes. Different types of mask offer different levels of protection. Surgical grade N95 respirators offer the highest level of protection against Covid-19 infection, followed by surgical grade masks. However, these masks are costly, in limited supply,...

Racism is a health crisis. But poverty is too – yet progressives blithely accepted the costs of throwing millions of people like George Floyd out of workWhen I reflect back on the extraordinary year of 2020 – from, I hope, some safer, saner vantage – one of the two defining images in my mind will be the surreal figure of the Grim Reaper stalking the blazing Florida shoreline, scythe in...