Discussion on whether face masks are effective often fails to differentiate between who is being protected, in what […]

In their editorial Greenhalgh et al advise that surgical masks should be worn in public to prevent some […]

Brazil has overtaken the UK to become the country with the third highest number of confirmed covid-19 cases, […]

Two tests for covid-19 antibodies developed by the drug companies Roche and Abbott are “highly specific” but were […]

Introducing blanket policies for the public to wear face masks has major problems, many of which have been […]

Javid and colleagues say that “population benefits are plausible and harms unlikely” if the public are encouraged to […]

The UK’s response to the covid-19 pandemic has so far cost the government over £124.3bn (€13.7bn; $152.1bn), according […]

“We should advise the public to wear face masks”—Greenhalgh and colleagues detail the absence of an evidence base […]

More than a third of England’s care homes have now had cases of covid-19, the country’s healthcare regulator […]

Greenhalgh and colleagues1 and Javid and colleagues2 argue for public use of face masks or coverings. Despite known […]