In 2023, tuberculosis claimed approximately 1·3 million lives,1 providing a stark reminder of the persistent inequities and ...

The USA has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. Shelves of books and reams of media exposés have revealed the inhumanity of American jails, prisons, and immigration detention ...

Non-valvular atrial fibrillation accounts for 13–26% of acute ischaemic strokes.1 Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are highly effective in reducing the risk of ischaemic stroke with significantly ...

Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is a systemic disease of poor mucocutaneous basement membrane integrity downstream of bi-allelic pathogenic variants in COL7A1. Cutaneous clinical ...

On May 10, 2025, over 160 000 residents of Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, were confined due to a toxic cloud of chlorine smoke coming from a blast at a building storing chemical products, including 70 ...

Considered a disease of middle-aged and older adults until the late 20th century, type 2 diabetes has risen markedly ...

One small city's bid to rescue its health finances has transformed the way health care is managed across China. Chris McCall ...

Life, as philosopher Søren Kierkegaard put it, “must be understood backwards; but…it must be lived forwards”.1 Clinical ...

In our continuing series on medicine in unique or unusual settings, Talha Burki takes a look at the medicine of music festivals.

PMI investment in supporting procurement and distribution of malaria control commodities would directly translate into millions of malaria cases averted and approximately 100 000 lives saved across ...

The current mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone is the largest ever recorded in the country and the first major epidemic caused by the clade IIb monkeypox virus in Africa. Since a public health emergency ...

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement in May, 2025, marks a historic, if imperfect, milestone in global health governance.1 For African countries, which bore a disproportionate burden during the ...