For the first time in more than a decade, the UK could be led by someone who can offer a vision of a healthier, wealthier future grounded in evidence and operational experience, write Martin McKee and ...

Under 18s with gender incongruence or dysphoria should have NHS access to cross sex hormones, the BMA says. Currently, new NHS prescriptions for these drugs are not permitted for this age group, but ...

An outbreak of hantavirus sparked by cases on a cruise ship is over, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. WHO’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the final contact of a ...

A study showing the effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines, initially pulled from publication by the US government in March this year, has finally been published. Originally slated for the Morbidity and ...

Samuel Cross, Karl Claxton, and Andrew Hill argue that diversion of billions of NHS funding to pay more for new drugs under ...

A committee of experts tasked with deciding if the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should loosen restrictions on peptides has members who stand to financially benefit from the move, critics have ...

The largest maternity review in NHS history has laid bare a decade of systemic failure affecting more than 2500 families.1 ...

Defining recovery is essential for research, clinical care, and patient experience, say Charlie Dennis and Nisreen A Alwan If ...

Policy makers need to focus on holding social media companies to account for the impact of their products, argues Louise ...

Fundamental changes are needed to how doctors work in neonatal and maternity units that are “no longer fit for purpose” to ...

Use of traditional medicine must follow evidence of efficacy and safety The BRICS economies, including India and China, ...

This topic must be handled with sensitivity and at the appropriate time, Abi Rimmer hears ### Chris McAloon, consultant ...