The emerging crisis in eastern DR Congo and especially around the city of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, has worrying implications for cholera in the region. The area around Goma has been ...

The recent escalation of US trade policies, characterised by steep tariff increases on imports from China and other nations,1 threatens to destabilise not only global supply chains but also public ...

US President Donald Trump's decision to impose punitive tariffs of 145% for pharmaceutical imports from China,1 effective since April 10, 2025, will pose substantial challenges towards global health ...

Co-design methodologies are increasingly being used to develop mental health interventions with young people (aged 10–24 years), but the adoption of this participatory approach has been accompanied by ...

The outcomes of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) remain unknown. Alongside the global adoption of antifibrotic therapies, there is currently relentless research for biomarkers and ...

The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and ...

Taiwan's health-care system faced an unprecedented crisis due to simultaneous outbreaks of influenza and norovirus. The emergency departments had severe overcrowding, which was exacerbated by a ...

“The NIH decision to restrict access to key genomic and medical datasets hinders global cooperation at a time when coordinated action is needed”, said Anjee Davis (Fight Colorectal Cancer, Springfield ...

Clinical academia is on a steep decline globally. In the UK, a 6% reduction in the number of clinical academics since 2012 has been reported, with the number of senior lecturer level researchers ...

A US federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump Administration's seizure of more than US$11 billion in already dispersed ...

In our continuing series on medicine in unusual circumstances, Talha Burki gets a taste of the world of competitive eating.

Climate change is the defining health challenge of the 21st century, with record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather events already exacting an unprecedented toll on human health and wellbeing.