Vertical health delivery programmes were highly effective in rapid roll-out of HIV services in high-burden countries in ...

A man breached Windsor Castle with a crossbow after his large language model (LLM)-based companion encouraged an assassination plan. A father’s question about pi evolved into more than 300 h of ...

Sickle cell disease—the subject of a new Seminar in The Lancet—is one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing genetic disorders worldwide. Although its true prevalence is difficult to determine ...

A new report by the IFRC shows how disinformation fuels hostility and leads to health-harming choices. John Zarocostas reports.

These findings, alongside the linked systematic review and meta-analysis of antiviral treatment efficacy, supported the 2024 WHO guidelines expansion of treatment criteria to include individuals with ...

In medical training, we are taught to fear forgetting. Forgetting diagnostic criteria. Forgetting medication doses. Forgetting the algorithms that promise clarity when situations feel uncertain. Exams ...

As today's researchers face a tectonic shift in the foundations of global health, it is instructive to consider another time when international health research had to be re-established on a new ...

Provisions around data sharing and other conditions in new bilateral deals between the USA and several African countries have drawn criticisms. Gilbert Nakweya reports.

Pharmacologist, physician, and researcher who transformed malaria treatment. Born in London, UK, on March 13, 1951, he died of cancer in Oxford, UK, on Feb 1, 2026, aged 74 years.

In 2024, the International Diabetes Federation published a position statement supporting the 1 h 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) as an alternative to the conventional 2 h testing protocol and ...

Contrary to English and Scottish Government policies, which convey an expectation that people who might be neurodivergent can request an assessment through the National Health Service (NHS), services ...

Congenital lower urinary tract obstruction, often presenting as fetal megacystis, is defined in the first trimester by a longitudinal bladder diameter greater than 7 mm on ultrasonography. It most ...