Breast cancer screening has long been a target use case for artificial intelligence (AI). Developments in computational power ...

Neuroprotection in ischaemic stroke commonly means a treatment that results in the preservation of brain tissue in the setting of either focal or global ischaemia. The nominal focus on neuronal tissue ...

Abraham Verghese is heir to a long tradition of doctors who write, writers who also practised medicine. Some of the best ...

Hospitals are protected spaces under international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions, and are further safeguarded by WHO standards, which prohibit military or security force ...

Pandemic preparedness in fragile and conflict-affected states is shaped less by technical deficits than by enduring political, institutional, and security constraints. Protracted conflict, chronic ...

Deportation practices in the USA continue to undermine the communication and disability rights of asylum seekers with disabilities, especially deaf individuals, causing serious health consequences and ...

A number of critical funding and staffing cuts initiated by the Trump administration, along with inadequate efforts by most ...

University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health published its report in 2014.1 At that time, progress towards the Millennium Development Goals had been made, the Sustainable Development ...

In June, 2022, the US Supreme Court decision Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization ended five decades of legal abortion access in the country. Now about half of the 50 US states severely limit ...

Our findings suggest that most COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy was rooted in concrete concerns that can be addressed and successfully overcome with time and increasing availability of information. These ...

This systematic review and meta-analysis identified prognostic factors associated with early mortality in septic shock. The identification of these prognostic factors could aid in clinical risk ...

For the 2025 Wakley–Wu Lien Teh Prize,1 we invited essays that imagine the “profile of future doctors” and suggest a path forward in a world where medicine is undergoing profound transformation. Many ...