The administration’s positions on climate science and glyphosate show its anti-regulatory ideology taken to the extreme Scientists and physicians around the world were horrified when the US ...

Policies encouraging physical activity have failed to make a tangible difference over the past two decades, according to researchers. The authors of a study published in Nature Health called for more ...

A new non-hormonal daily pill for menopausal hot flushes and night sweats can now be prescribed on the NHS when hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is not suitable. Fezolinetant (Veoza, made by Astellas ...

Once considered a disease consigned to the past, tuberculosis is making a resurgence in the UK. Emma Wilkinson examines why and asks experts what could help turn the tide In 2024 England saw its ...

MPs have rejected a call from the House of Lords to ban the use of social media for people aged under 16 years. But age restrictions could still be introduced as part of a separate government ...

What you need to know The prevalence of heart failure across Europe is estimated to be 1-2% of adults.1 In the UK, this places a substantial burden on patients and healthcare resources, including ...

Landmark changes allowing resident doctors and newly appointed consultants to vote in key Royal College of Physicians (RCP) elections have been hailed as a watershed moment for the college. For the ...

NHS England has “paused” the prescribing of gender affirming hormones to treat gender incongruence or dysphoria for young people under 18. The health service said that it came to this decision after a ...

On 26 January 2026 the UK lost its measles elimination status,1 which requires at least 95% of a population to have received two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.2 Vaccine ...

Senior midwife Donna Ockenden will lead the independent review into maternity and neonatal services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT), the government has said. Leeds is one of the 14 trusts ...

Barely a day goes by without media and political concern about the impact of digital technology on health, particularly among young people. The publication of a recent government report, ...

In consulting rooms with real patients, there’s a gap between scientific knowledge—largely expressed in number—and poetic knowledge, always expressed in words, writes Iona Heath For most clinicians, ...