Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis is primarily associated with serogroups A, B, C, W, X, and Y and is characterised by its sudden, unpredictable nature and devastating ...

The Pasteur Institute of Iran sustained considerable damage from a series of airstrikes in late March, 2026.1 This historically important medical institution, founded 106 years ago, has played a key ...

March 2026 saw the US Food and Drug Administration grant breakthrough device designation to Path Assist Derm, an artificial ...

Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly asserts that a verifiable source ...

Suicide is the leading cause of death in New Zealanders aged 15–19 years. Advocates are calling for better approaches to prevention and support. Sophie Cousins, Clive Aspin, and Suzy Taylor report.

There is a folder on my computer that I avoid as much as possible. It is called Health and it holds the clinical letters and other documents from all the consultants and other health-care ...

In Greek mythology, Atlas is the powerful Titan condemned by Zeus to eternally bear the celestial spheres—a profound symbol of endurance and strength. These very virtues are necessitated in patients ...

WHO's approval of the RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix) malaria vaccine in 2021 marked a milestone in global public health. It represented not only the first vaccine approved against any parasitic human disease ...

Lebanon's already weakened health system is overwhelmed, under-resourced, and increasingly attacked by the Israeli army. Amelie David reports from Lebanon.

It is official: global warming is accelerating. In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters in March, 2026, Grant Foster and Stefan Rahmstorf strip out the noise of natural variability in ...

Proportionally more children undergo trauma laparotomy in lower-resource settings than in higher-resource settings; however, ...

The ENO Breathe programme can improve HRQOL, breathlessness, anxiety, and respiratory symptoms in people with long COVID and ...