During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have purchased small devices called pulse oximeters for use in their home—based on well-intentioned recommendations from health care providers and […]
For most of us, memes are the harmless fodder of an “extremely online” internet culture, floating benignly between different social media platforms—and, on the whole, making […]
The compulsory collection of DNA being undertaken in some parts of the world is not just unethical, but risks affecting people’s willingness to donate biological samples […]
We have amended this feature (BMJ 2021;372:n53, doi:10.1136/bmj.n53, published 13 January 2021) to remove a sentence incorrectly stating that Valerie Tarasuk recommended that doctors should screen…