News & Views Reconsider this summer... Reconsider this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic games Editorials Reconsider this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic games BMJ 2021; 373 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n962 (Published 14 April 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;373:n962 Kazuki Shimizu, researcher1, Devi Sridhar, professor2, Kiyosu Taniguchi, director general3, Kenji Shibuya, director41Department of H

News & Views Covid-19: Trump shifts... Covid-19: Trump shifts tone by endorsing masks and admitting US situation will worsen News Covid-19: Trump shifts tone by endorsing masks and admitting US situation will worsen BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2989 (Published 24 July 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m2989 President Donald Trump signalled a shift in tone this week by admitting t

Key scientists advising the World Health Organization on planning for an influenza pandemic had done paid work for pharmaceutical firms that stood to gain from the guidance they were preparing. These conflicts of interest have never been publicly disclosed by WHO, and WHO has dismissed inquiries into its handling of the A/H1N1 pandemic as “conspiracy theories.” Deborah Cohen and Philip Carter inve

Research Seven alternatives to... Seven alternatives to evidence based medicine Short Reports Seven alternatives to evidence based medicine BMJ 1999; 319 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.319.7225.1618 (Published 18 December 1999) Cite this as: BMJ 1999;319:1618 David Isaacs, clinical professor (davidi{at}nch.edu.au), Dominic Fitzgerald, staff physicianDepartments of Education and Medicine, New Chi

Trevor Jackson, magazine editor1BMJ, London WC1H 9JP, UKtjackson{at}bmj.com In his 2010 BBC television series Wonders of the Solar System, the physicist Brian Cox made a remark that offended some horoscope lovers. “Despite the fact that astrology is a load of rubbish, Jupiter can in fact have a profound influence on our planet. And it’s through a force . . . gravity.” The BBC received a number of

In the second part of a special BMJ series, Brian Deer reveals a secret scheme to raise huge sums from a campaign, launched at a London medical school, that claimed links between MMR, autism, and bowel disease John Walker-Smith, professor of paediatric gastroenterology, hurried to Malcolm ward on the sixth floor of the Royal Free Hospital, London, with what any doctor would think was bad news. An

News & Views Homoeopathy... Homoeopathy multinational Boiron threatens amateur Italian blogger News Homoeopathy multinational Boiron threatens amateur Italian blogger BMJ 2011; 343 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d5197 (Published 12 August 2011) Cite this as: BMJ 2011;343:d5197 A letter sent by the Italian arm of multinational company Boiron, threatening to sue an amateur blogger over remarks he

In the first part of a special BMJ series, Brian Deer exposes the bogus data behind claims that launched a worldwide scare over the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, and reveals how the appearance of a link with autism was manufactured at a London medical school When I broke the news to the father of child 11, at first he did not believe me. “Wakefield told us my son was the 13th child they saw

Research Educational... Educational inequalities in mortality over four decades in Norway: prospective study of middle aged men and women followed for cause specific mortality, 1960-2000 Research Educational inequalities in mortality over four decades in Norway: prospective study of middle aged men and women followed for cause specific mortality, 1960-2000 BMJ 2010; 340 doi: https://doi.org/10.113