Health Follow

Health unions and patient groups were set for a day of strikes and protests across France on Thursday this week.

Monday marked one year since the first Covid-19 death in Wuhan, China.

The latest outrage shows that the so-called ‘two-state solution’ is a sham, says Nick Clark

Scottish further education (FE) workers have revolted over safety.

While the NHS lurches deeper into crisis, private health care for the rich is cashing in.

Death has become a regular experience for Emily and her colleagues at Homerton Hospital in east London.

The NHS stands on the brink of a catastrophic breakdown.

Overcrowded housing has increased the spread of Covid-19 among poorer people and black people in England according to research by the Health Foundation.

From the very beginning of this pandemic, the Socialist Review has been very clear that the fatal nature of the Covid-19 virus is not primarily due to the nature of the virus itself, but from the global social contexts it continues to impact upon. In April, we wrote, ‘Globally, populations experience health differently, and not...

Baba Aye reviews two books that tackle the origins of Covid-19, the part played by government failures, as well as the social and environmental degradation underlying the spread of the Coronavirus.

Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care? Ezekiel Emanuel Hatchet Book Group, New York £23 The title of this book is misleading. Really it’s a comparative study drawing on 10 healthcare systems around the world to reflect upon, and try to address, the train wreck that is US healthcare. The analysis offers us in...

Some of Millions: From Breakdown to Breakthrough, Edited by Jethro Bor. The Book Guild £9.99 Nearly half of adults believe they have had a mental health condition, but only a fifth of men and a third of women receive professional diagnoses. Mental distress is a collective experience, this accessible and compassionate book explains. But mental...