Feature: Parents Are Having to Steal Formula Milk. Make It Free Again
Sarah Woolley
National Milk fed 85% of British babies in 1974. As £19 formula pushes parents to desperation, why aren’t we bringing it back? Sarah Woolley reports.
Tag: public health
Feature: The Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout Is Unfair. But Not for the Reasons You Think
Sophie Atkinson
Underfunded sexual health services and poor communication are breeding a parallel outbreak of frustration and resentment, reports Sophie Atkinson.
Opinion: What About Shielders?
Sophie K Rosa
People with Covid are no longer legally required to self-isolate in England, and from April tests won't be free. Sophie K Rosa spoke to shielders about how this will affect them.
Analysis: The Hostile Environment Is Putting Everyone at Greater Risk From Covid
Ella Weldon
The hostile environment isn’t just endangering migrants during the pandemic, it’s endangering us all, writes Ella Weldon.
Opinion: ‘Freedom Day’ Won’t Set Us Free
Keir Milburn
If we are to solve major global issues like the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis, we must abandon the Tories’ individualistic version of freedom for a model that prioritises the collective, writes Keir Milburn.
Opinion: Test, Track and Trace is a Disaster. Public Health Must Be in Public Hands
Miriam Brett
As the country weathers its second lockdown equipped with an ineffective, outsourced test, track and trace system, Miriam Brett argues that the government must urgently rethink its public health strategy.
Opinion: Coronavirus Has Destroyed the NHS Internal Market Overnight, Proving That It Never Worked
Jo Sutton-Klein
Covid-19 has forced the government to make drastic changes to the fundamental structure of the NHS as, under pressure to meet the demands of a pandemic, the internal market has fallen apart overnight, writes junior doctor Jo Sutton-Klein. We must demand that changes made now stay in place after the coronavirus crisis.
Opinion: Coronavirus Will Require Us to Completely Reshape the Economy
James Meadway
This crisis will require more than money to resolve; it will require the restructuring of our economy. This will be done either to the benefit of people and the planet, or it will not be, writes James Meadway.
Opinion: With a US Trade Deal Threatening NHS Drug Prices, could Public Pharma Save Us From Big Pharma?
Sammy Luney
Donald Trump wants the NHS to pay more for drugs. Instead we should make our own, argues junior doctor Sammy Luney.
Opinion: Public Health Is Always Political, Coronavirus Is No Exception
Jo Sutton-Klein
When their other policies are unpopular or failing, epidemics present a chance for governments to regain support through a performance of competency and to further restrictive rightwing agendas, argues junior doctor Jo Sutton-Klein.