Non-communicable diseases rank among the most serious global health challenges of the 21st century due to their high prevalence and substantial socioeconomic and health-care impact. According to WHO, ...

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic interrupted much respiratory research. Respiratory clinical academics joined colleagues in providing clinical care, and global research efforts were directed to finding new ...

Copyright: © 2025 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Medicine is in the dawn of a fundamental shift from using artificial intelligence (AI) as tools to deploying AI as ...

The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) faces a pivotal moment, confronting one of its most challenging ...

An oft-repeated message is that primary aldosteronism is not rare; it is quite common. An equally urgent message is that ...

Angola's Ministry of Health has released alarming statistics regarding the ongoing cholera outbreak,1,2 highlighting a severe public health crisis that warrants immediate international attention. By ...

In patients with frequent severe hypoglycaemic events, allogeneic pancreatic islet transplantation results in better glycaemic control than insulin therapy alone, enhances quality of life, and reduces ...

The increasing frequency and severity of environmental disasters necessitate robust health-care system adaptation strategies. Recent wildfire events in and around Los Angeles County, CA, USA, are ...

We write to alert Lancet readers that, as of Feb 1, 2025, all US research and websites published by federal scientists and agencies are now subject to new edicts issued by the Trump administration1,2 ...

We are facing a new threat to global health. The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear to health-care providers, public health practitioners, policy makers, and communities that pathogens do not respect ...

Afghanistan's de facto authorities have made the alarming decision to ban women from studying nursing and midwifery.1 This policy, along with the broader ban on girls completing education beyond grade ...

Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the ...