Campaigners have criticised the UK government for not allowing any severely injured children from Gaza to be medically evacuated to the UK, despite calls from doctors, humanitarian organisations, and ...

Investing in mental health support for young people is a moral and economic imperative for the government, says Ellie White Rising mental health needs among children and young people are driving ...

In 1775, 250 years ago, William Withering, a physician practising in Birmingham, learnt of a folk remedy for dropsy involving the use of digitalis from purple foxgloves. He started to use it in his ...

Professor of primary care and public health Azeem Majeed talks to Carla Delgado about his passion for tackling health inequalities through data As a medical student, Azeem Majeed didn’t think he would ...

Despite major advances in artificial intelligence (AI) research for healthcare, the deployment and adoption of AI technologies remain limited in clinical practice. This paper describes the FUTURE-AI ...

The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and ...

The fast food giant used a GP to support appeals against planning decisions in some deprived areas with the worst rates of food related ill health in England. Then it threatened councils with bills ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) such as semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) may ...

Climate news in the opening weeks of 2025 was extraordinary. The Mauna Loa Observatory reported1 a CO2 level of 425.4 ppm for ...

Much attention has rightly been placed on how to fill the World Health Organization’s funding gap if and when the US withdraws. Kent Buse and colleagues argue that President Trump’s idea to establish ...

As Gaza entered its fourth month of the escalation of violence by Israeli forces, I was just a few months into my medical intern year—treating children with bomb blast injuries. In one case, I ...

A new global evidence review on leadership outcomes bolsters advocacy for gender equality in the current context of backlash against rights and equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts, writes Jocalyn ...