Journalist
Health
Funding the NHS for years would cost far more than the total amount spent—let alone “wasted”—on PPE and Test and Trace during the pandemic. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
About 3% of parents taking part in a survey said their children had begun to self-harm in response to the cost of living crisis. Read
Health
Reports of death following vaccination do not mean that the vaccine caused the death. Read
Health
A retired neurosurgeon expressed this opinion in a journal article, which can be found by searching PubMed on the agency’s site. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Boris Johnson was wrong to make this claim, according to the government’s own definition of affordable housing. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
These estimates are uncertain for several reasons, but 12 million households would amount to many more than 12 million people. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Both food insecurity and fuel poverty are serious problems that affect many people in the UK, but almost certainly not 40 million. Read
Health
The GPs who responded were the ones who knew about the survey and chose to participate—who are not necessarily representative of GPs as a whole. Read
Health
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by a virus. There is no evidence it is a side effect of vaccination against Covid-19. Read
The lines are contrails, formed when water vapour from aircraft engines freezes at high altitude. Read
