Neil Harrison

Dec 1, 2024 | ukcolumn.org | Neil Harrison

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. These are the words of the 1st amendment of the United States of America’s Constitution. Just to be absolutely clear. Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, no if’s, no but’s.

Jul 22, 2024 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Lisa Quadt |Rod Bond |Neil Harrison |Jenny Csecs

DiscussionUsing a large birth cohort, we found a link between neurodivergent traits in childhood and increased frequency of experiencing chronic disabling fatigue in adolescence, mediated by levels of childhood inflammation. We found that children who scored above cut-off on parent-reported autism and ADHD measures at ages 7 and 9 years were approximately two times as likely to meet self-reported criteria for chronic disabling fatigue at age 18 years.

Dec 7, 2023 | ukcolumn.org | Neil Harrison

The subject of lockdowns during the Covid crisis still remains a very controversial subject. There has been very little serious study into the harms of this policy. In the USA, however, Johns Hopkins—a university intimately involved with the worldwide Covid phenomenon—produced a research paper which studied the potential beneficial effects of lockdowns.

Mar 16, 2023 | advance-he.ac.uk | Neil Harrison

While there is no definitive figure, something like one million adults in the UK spent some of their childhood ‘in care’, usually due to neglect, maltreatment, or other difficulties in their birth family. Indeed, the number of young people in care has risen rapidly in recent years – partly due to the global refugee crisis – and now totals around 100,000 on any given day.