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The mosquito factory fighting disease

October 11, 2023

How climate change is affecting child development

October 6, 2023

The climate emergency could be the ultimate health opportunity, says WHO’s Maria Neira

October 4, 2023

Strikes: what will it take to end the pay dispute and get doctors back to work?

October 3, 2023

How to make “single use” surgical items more sustainable

October 2, 2023

“Silent scandal” of missing lung diagnostics in England’s most deprived areas

September 27, 2023

How Botswana discovered omicron

September 26, 2023

How mobile clinics are helping those affected by Canada’s wildfires

September 25, 2023

Long covid: the doctors’ lives destroyed

September 20, 2023

What do different countries call junior doctors?

September 20, 2023

“Argentina’s Trump”: Presidential candidate wants to axe public health and sell organs for profit

September 19, 2023

Nepal’s scramble to piece together a health budget amid rumoured cuts

September 18, 2023

NHS still reliant on paper patient notes and drug charts despite electronic upgrades, The BMJ finds

September 13, 2023

Capacity problems in the NHS’s cardiac cath labs are harming patients

September 13, 2023

Violence against doctors exposes the inequalities in Indian medicine

September 11, 2023

The US quietly terminates a controversial $125m wildlife virus hunting programme amid safety fears

September 7, 2023

What happens inside a long covid clinic?

September 7, 2023

Why Nigeria has declared skin lightening a health emergency

September 5, 2023

India faces a growing need for palliative care

September 4, 2023

Unreliable private online hormone tests sold for months despite accuracy concerns

August 30, 2023

Life as media doctors led to lucrative promotions—but now we’ve embraced the conflict-free life

August 30, 2023

High price and demand for semaglutide means lack of access for US patients

August 30, 2023

Private equity’s intrusion into US healthcare

August 29, 2023

Better and safer: a new ambition for GPs in England

August 24, 2023

Polio vaccines: hope, hype, and history repeating?

August 24, 2023

Brazil rethinks organ transplantation in wake of pandemic disruption

August 22, 2023

The financial crisis threatening Australian general practice

August 21, 2023

How the FDA approved an antipsychotic that raised the risk of death

August 17, 2023

How do UK broadcast media deal with covid misinformation?

August 17, 2023

How do we best use Paxlovid and other covid antivirals?

August 16, 2023

Why don’t east Asia’s doctors go on strike?

August 14, 2023

Canada tackles workforce shortages with international fast tracks and federal cash injections

August 10, 2023

“Past the point of sanity”—South East Asia faces critical shortage of healthcare workers

August 9, 2023

Covid-19: Latin America defies nationalism and circumstance to develop its own vaccines

August 7, 2023

The growing bottlenecks in specialty training

August 3, 2023

How climate change is changing dengue fever

August 3, 2023

Physician associates in the media spotlight: what’s the latest on the role?

August 2, 2023

Why is nitroglycerin in short supply in Canada?

July 31, 2023

Jean Kaseya: New head of Africa CDC faces uphill struggle post-pandemic

July 27, 2023

“You have to be above reproach”: why doctors need to get better at managing their conflicts of interest

July 26, 2023

Medical royal colleges receive millions from drug and medical devices companies

July 26, 2023

Row over medical journal’s refusal to retract paper used to restrict abortion in US legal cases

July 20, 2023

How do foreign doctors find working in the NHS?

July 19, 2023

Cancer researchers vow to stick together after NCRI comes unglued

July 18, 2023

Mothers of the River: raising the ceiling for maternal care in the Amazon

July 17, 2023

India is failing the health data challenge

July 13, 2023

The highs and lows of quitting the NHS for Australia and New Zealand

July 12, 2023

Did covid-19 come from a lab leak in China?

July 10, 2023

How data are changing the way clinicians prioritise patients and tackle waiting lists

July 6, 2023

Cancer: the hospital providing jobs to keep its poverty stricken patients in treatment

July 4, 2023

Where do viruses hide in the human body?

July 4, 2023

Lifesaving yet frustrating—reflections on the NHS at 75

June 29, 2023

Is Wales outpacing England on NHS improvements—or vice versa?

June 27, 2023

The mission to meet Ukraine’s surging demand for mental health treatment

June 26, 2023

HRT for treating menopause: known unknowns

June 22, 2023

The deadly legacy of a stem cell charlatan

June 21, 2023

Inside Ukraine’s medical preparation for the new counteroffensive

June 14, 2023

Vaccination in the war in Ukraine

June 14, 2023

Ethnic inequalities in health and care show diversity in disadvantage

June 13, 2023

Folic acid: The case to rethink the UK’s food fortification plans

June 8, 2023

Is the UK losing its world leading covid surveillance network just when it needs it most?

June 7, 2023

What could the next pandemic be?

June 5, 2023

India’s crackdown on child marriage has endangered women’s health

June 1, 2023

Could Brazil’s community health model ease pressure on NHS general practice?

May 31, 2023

“Poverty proofing” and a national strategy for the cost-of-living crisis

May 31, 2023

Medical colleges and unions call for inquiry over “shocking” levels of sexual assault in the NHS

May 23, 2023

Is Northern Ireland’s primary care system on the verge of collapse?

May 22, 2023

Fighting in Sudan threatens its already fragile healthcare system

May 22, 2023

Data briefing: The politics of attitudes towards the NHS

May 18, 2023

Is the UK really ready to roll out prostate cancer screening?

May 17, 2023

What do we know about the Arcturus XBB.1.16 subvariant?

May 16, 2023

Did the FDA break its own rules in approving the antibiotic Recarbrio?

May 15, 2023

Nigeria’s marathon struggle against counterfeit medicines

May 12, 2023

What is the future for covid drugs and treatments?

May 10, 2023

Beefed up security or blocking patients: how to respond to patient violence

May 10, 2023

Global health and science information sharing doesn’t look good

May 9, 2023

What are the latest covid drugs and treatments?

May 3, 2023

Examining tribalism and toxicity in maternity care: radical action is needed

May 2, 2023

Rising fatalities, injuries, and NHS costs: dog bites as a public health problem

April 27, 2023

Inside the Worldwide Influenza Centre: monitoring the constant threat of flu and other viruses

April 26, 2023

Boat clinics of northeast India: bridging health inequities in rural areas

April 26, 2023

Brazil’s struggle to reconstruct healthcare post-Bolsonaro

April 24, 2023

How to save £20 000 and 780 staff hours a year on a single ward—by making one climate friendly change

April 20, 2023

Funders crack down on unpublished clinical trials—but is it enough?

April 19, 2023

“Helping people get back on their feet”—UK doctors in Turkey share their earthquake stories

April 18, 2023

Access to records: Do open notes work for patients?

April 13, 2023

Despite historic bans, south Asia still struggles with pesticide suicides

April 11, 2023

How pandemic publishing struck a blow to the visibility of women’s expertise

April 6, 2023

Gambling addiction in the UK: the long road to public health recognition

April 6, 2023

India’s struggle with medical malpractice

April 3, 2023

The doctor forcing landlords to act on mouldy homes

March 30, 2023

Cholera makes a comeback amid calls to boost vaccine production

March 29, 2023

How covid-19 bolstered an already perverse publishing system

March 28, 2023

When science goes wrong—misrepresentation, coercion, and undue influence when paying research participants

March 28, 2023

Why health experts are fighting to end daylight saving time

March 23, 2023

Improving flexible working in the NHS

March 23, 2023

Junior doctors strike: What consultants learnt from holding the fort

March 22, 2023

Semaglutide: should the media slim down its enthusiasm?

March 17, 2023

TikTok surgery reignites worries over doctors and social media

March 17, 2023

What’s happened to NHS spending and staffing in the past 25 years?

March 15, 2023
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