


COVID-19 and mental health
COVID-19 and mental health by Lucy Clutton and Elizabeth Bradley Health A new syndemic? Syndemic, countable noun. The aggregation of two or more concurrent epidemics in a population with biological interactions, which exacerbate the prognosis and burden of disease. In...
No panacea
No panacea by Frances Salt Health How vaccine confidence is more than a matter of trust A COVID-19 vaccine may be seen as a silver bullet to the pandemic, but faith in vaccination has dropped globally.1 Vaccination trends do not exist in a vacuum but are directly...
The future for public services
The future for public services by Gideon Skinner State of the Nation Has the pandemic affected what we want from the state? The pandemic has accelerated pre-existing trends facing public services, which saw pressures after years of austerity, ongoing challenges around...