An estimated 2 million individuals die from liver disease every year.1 Progress towards reducing morbidity and mortality due to viral hepatitis has stalled.2 And the burden of liver disease related to ...

There were extraordinary scenes at the Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in New Orleans earlier ...

In Indonesia, a large, diverse, middle-income country, the COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented pressure on the health system, exposing health inequities and inefficiency, and underscoring the ...

For more than 10 years, the stroke research community has sought and investigated drugs that could enhance or strengthen the ...

Two disease outbreaks in May this year have brought a troubling reality into focus. A rare virus aboard a cruise ship took 24 days from the first death to identify as Andes hantavirus, whereas the ...

Years of repression have stoked fears of discrimination in health care, putting the health of LGBTQ+ Russians at risk. Ed Holt reports.

The city of São Paulo, Brazil, is involving citizens in an innovative project to combat the health dangers of excessive heat. Jacqui Thornton reports.

Dedicated treatment facilities are a cornerstone of an Ebola virus disease outbreak response, but conditions are extremely ...

The Iran conflict has disrupted supplies of cisplatin and carboplatin, leading to treatment interruption for patients. Samaan Lateef reports from Mumbai.

Mental health conditions are highly prevalent in conflict-affected settings, where long-lasting instability reshapes daily life and erodes psychological wellbeing over time. WHO estimates that ...

The MASAI trial1 concludes that artificial intelligence (AI)-supported screening “can efficiently improve screening performance” and “may be considered for implementation in clinical practice”.

Health-care workers and health facilities are protected under the principles of distinction, proportionality, precaution, and medical neutrality under international humanitarian law.1 However, attacks ...