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  18 October 2023 | Open Access

  The burden and dynamics of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 in England

  Data from acute hospitals in England are used to quantify hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections, evaluate likely pathways of spread and factors associated with heightened transmission risk, and explore the impact on community transmission.

  • Ben S. Cooper
  • , Stephanie Evans
  •  & Gwenan M. Knight

• Outlook | 26 September 2012

  Public health: Where there's smoke

  Air pollution and smoking have made COPD a major problem in China, now compounded by outdated diagnostics and treatments — and experts say it's bound to get worse.

  • Virginia Hughes

• Correspondence | 04 July 2012

  Support for a cholera vaccine stockpile

  • Agnes Binagwaho
  • , Thierry Nyatanyi
  •  & Claire M. Wagner

• Editorial | 27 June 2012

  Pig out

  If farmers do not rein in the use of antibiotics for livestock, people will be severely affected.

• News | 30 May 2012

  US beef tests cook up a storm

  Critics question benefits of broader E. coli screening.

  • Helen Shen

• News | 30 May 2012

  Reform falters after Europe’s E. coli scare

  Political debate leaves German surveillance law in limbo.

  • Marian Turner

• Outlook | 25 April 2012

  Malaria

  • Michelle Grayson

• News | 29 June 2011

  Better biosurveillance could halt disease spread

  Joined-up approach would have helped in German E. coli outbreak.

  • Gayathri Vaidyanathan

• News | 03 February 2011

  Outdoor mosquitoes could defy control

  Previously unknown subgroup raises questions for malaria management in Africa.

  • Amy Maxmen