The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating. By the time it is over, millions of people will have lost loved ones and the economic repercussions are inevitably going to be huge. But recently, the state of the environment has also been brought up in discussion. How has the climate been affected by the coronavirus outbreak, and what…
Pandemics have shaken civilizations throughout history. Although these bouts of infections have had devastating effects on society, our survival has also allowed humanity to evolve and reshape its socio-economic and technological focuses. Medical research has most often managed to overcome the pandemics through significant progress. It might seem incredible but substantial medical achievements have been…
At the time of writing, a search for Covid-19 in the medical publications database PubMed returns over 16,000 papers. There has been an exponential increase in scientific study of the novel coronavirus, and its associated disease Covid-19, since the start of the outbreak. And with it, a surge in appearance of scientists on our television…
With each passing day in this new, unexpected world that we find ourselves in, it seems increasingly clear that healthcare technologies will never be the same as they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. Cutting-edge tools are already enabling clinicians to streamline and expedite care delivery in a range of settings to help doctors more quickly…
The Covid-19 pandemic has been one of the most quantified health crises in history. The wealth of available information is a powerful tool for the response, but this is deeply dependent on making sense of mountains of data, and quickly. Artificial intelligence (AI) is potentially invaluable for this: it can sift through and interpret vast…
On the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are facing not only a greater risk of infection, but also heightened risk for developing mental health problems. Studies from around the world show that interventions are needed to assist our doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers as they treat an overwhelming number of highly infectious…
It was once said that the NHS is the closest thing we have to a religion in Britain, and coronavirus has only strengthened this notion further. While public support has grown like never before, our health service will inevitably face problems as we navigate ourselves out of this crisis. As we move past the peak,…
I step into the church adjoined to the school, carefully dipping my fingertips into the font at the doorway, imagining the nod of approval from Jesus. I bless myself. Careful to not scuff my feet, I edge closer through the bronze archway, aiming to go towards the back pews. They are empty. Head down. Head…
It made sense to do it – It was right, she knew it. Knew she loved him. He asked her, him, Who she had idolised, fantasised, His eyes on her, too. Nothing was too much, right? She loved him, That was right. Right now, that was all, All that mattered. He wanted her, him. That…
I woke up and nearly suffocated. The incisively grey sky has blinded me and I shrank in loud spasms of my body – echoes of a nightmare I cannot escape. I drown myself in a duvet to relieve the drumming shiver. Unable to have a single clear thought, I am fighting the rusting fracture sprawling…
