The outbreak of an undiagnosed disease in DR Congo, reported by WHO on Dec 8, 2024,1 is a pressing global health concern that demands swift and coordinated action. As of Dec 5, 406 cases and 31 deaths ...

Assad, an ophthalmologist who graduated from Damascus University (Syria) and specialised at the Western Eye Hospital in London (UK), had a sudden career shift to politics and became Syria's President ...

The management of rheumatoid arthritis has seen tremendous changes over the past 25 years, since the increasing availability of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) with various ...

Historically, sickle cell anaemia has been widely neglected within its global epicentre of sub-Saharan Africa. More than ...

A huge criminal investigation is under way following accusations that fraud and substandard care have resulted in the deaths of several babies. Kaya Genc reports from Istanbul.

The medical knowledge of Renaissance artists, honed through the study of classical texts and direct anatomical exploration ...

Spatial repellents have been used as commercial household bite prevention products since the early 1900s, but significant ...

The hospital corridor, usually so busy with the incessant hum of life and death, now lay in a brief silence, as though the ...

Most people with functioning ovaries will eventually go through menopause. However, the research priorities for those with lived experience of menopause and their health-care providers is not known.1 ...

In the Comment by Jessamy Bagenal on the roles of physician associates and doctors in the UK, professional protectionism is cited as a factor in opposing the appointment of physician associates.1 ...

We welcome the decision by the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to broaden the eligibility for the vaccination programme for the Shingrix recombinant herpes zoster vaccine ...

In November, 2024, the UK Parliament voted to support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.1 The bill would allow ...