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	Clinical updates: Fever of unknown origin
	William F Wright, Samuel C Durso, Colleen Forry, Chantal P Rovers
	BMJ  2025;388:e080847, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080847 (Published 6 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web Extra]

News

	Private providers to deliver more care to NHS patients under government plan
	Gareth Iacobucci
	BMJ  2025;388:r30, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r30 (Published 7 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Union for physician associates backs legal action over job losses after roles were restricted
	Clare Dyer
	BMJ  2025;388:r29, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r29 (Published 7 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Bird flu: US reports first human death in person infected with H5N1
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2025;388:r28, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r28 (Published 7 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	GPs to get £20 when they seek guidance on referrals in bid to cut waiting lists
	Adrian O’Dowd
	BMJ  2025;388:r22, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r22 (Published 6 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Health leaders express doubt over government plan to slash waiting times in England
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2025;388:r19, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r19 (Published 6 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Alcoholic drinks should carry cancer warnings, says US surgeon general
	Janice Hopkins Tanne
	BMJ  2025;388:r15, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r15 (Published 6 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Gaza: WHO urges Israel to stop blocking medical evacuations as patients deteriorate
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2025;388:r13, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r13 (Published 6 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

	Chinese HIV clinics stop uploading test results to shared health record after patients are refused hospital treatment
	Flynn Murphy
	BMJ  2025;388:r5, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r5 (Published 3 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF]

	Social care: Independent commission on reform in England to report in 2028
	Elisabeth Mahase
	BMJ  2025;388:r4, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r4 (Published 3 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Print PDF]

Editorials

	Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?
	Christine Laine, Dianne Babski, Vivienne C Bachelet, Till W Bärnighausen, Christopher Baethge, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Frank Frizelle, Laragh Gollogy, Sabine Kleinert, Elizabeth Loder, João Monteiro, Eric J Rubin, Peush Sahni, Christina C Wee, Jin-Hong Yoo, Lilia Zakhama
	BMJ  2025;388:q2850, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2850 (Published 7 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Climate action is pandemic resilience
	Vanessa Kerry, Priya Basu
	BMJ  2025;388:q2790, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2790 (Published 6 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters

	Updated Declaration of Helsinki: Appropriate statistical methods are necessary for ethical medical research
	Nicole M White, Adrian Barnett
	BMJ  2025;388:r3, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r3 (Published 7 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Speaking up for science in era of disinformation: Attacks on science highlight the importance of promoting academic medicine
	Stephen R Hanney, Annette Boaz, Bryony Soper
	BMJ  2025;388:r2, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r2 (Published 6 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

	Training to conduct disciplinary procedures: NHS disciplinary procedures: managers should be regulated
	Narinder Kapur
	BMJ  2025;388:q2880, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2880 (Published 3 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF] [Request Permissions]

Feature

	Medicine in the Media: Health insurers grapple with UnitedHealthcare murder—and a public short on sympathy
	Owen Dyer
	BMJ  2025;388:q2879, doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2879 (Published 6 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Research Methods & Reporting

	Reporting of cluster randomised crossover trials: extension of the CONSORT 2010 statement with explanation and elaboration
	Joanne E McKenzie, Monica Taljaard, Karla Hemming, Sarah J Arnup, Bruno Giraudeau, Sandra Eldridge, Richard Hooper, Brennan C Kahan, Tianjing Li, David Moher, Elizabeth L Turner, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Andrew B Forbes
	BMJ  2025;388:e080472, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080472 (Published 6 January 2025) [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [extra: Web extra]

Analysis

	Challenges associated with the development of "trial ready cohorts" for dementia prevention trials
	Richard Milne, Edo Richard, Carol Brayne
	BMJ  2025;388:e080275, doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080275 (Published 7 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Obituaries

	John Howell Rogers
	Chris Boutle
	BMJ  2025;388:r20, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r20 (Published 7 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

	Charles John Edmonds
	Chris Edmonds
	BMJ  2025;388:r18, doi: 10.1136/bmj.r18 (Published 7 January 2025) [Extract] [Full text] [Print PDF]

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