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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite major advances in artificial intelligence (AI) research for healthcare, the deployment and adoption of AI technologies remain limited in clinical practice. This paper describes the FUTURE-AI ...

The news that on 31 January 2025 the Trump administration instructed scientists employed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to withdraw or retract articles from medical and ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) such as semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) may ...

A who’s who guide to the major health roles in Donald Trump’s second presidency Donald Trump began his second stint as president of the United States on 20 January 2025. His appointments to major ...

Climate news in the opening weeks of 2025 was extraordinary. The Mauna Loa Observatory reported1 a CO2 level of 425.4 ppm for ...

A new global evidence review on leadership outcomes bolsters advocacy for gender equality in the current context of backlash against rights and equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts, writes Jocalyn ...

You’re very good at tying people up, aren’t you?” This casual remark from a male patient as I tied a tourniquet before taking blood was met with my awkward laugh and an instinctive adjustment of my ...

Police investigating more than 200 cases of serious harm and death at Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton are considering possible charges of corporate manslaughter and individual gross ...