Imran was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and later moved with his family to Karachi, where he grew up as one of six siblings. From modest beginnings, his exceptional academic achievements earnt him a place ...

Martin and colleagues articulate so clearly what many GPs, like me, feel.1 The pendulum in primary care has swung so far towards health promotion and illness prevention that those with acute, subacute ...

It’s been a disturbing couple of weeks in the United States for scientists, public health workers, and healthcare providers. In January, shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President and ...

What you need to know Measles is caused by Morbillivirus hominis , a member of the Paramyxoviridae family (which includes mumps, parainfluenza, and Nipah viruses).1 Spread is airborne through aerosol ...

A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

Ringfenced surgery comes with funding, staffing, and ethical considerations With long waiting lists in the NHS, the UK needs innovation to tackle a backlog of surgical cases.1 One solution is surgical ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not this time. A large clinical trial in Malawi has suggested that chewing gum containing xylitol during pregnancy can prevent periodontal disease and reduce the risk of premature birth and low birth ...

The government has announced an extra £200m in funding for local public health services in England for the next financial year as a key part of its plan to shift the focus “from hospital to community ...