Outbreaks of several infectious diseases in Cuba have killed dozens and are reportedly overwhelming the island’s hospitals and mortuaries. Cuba is confronting one of its most serious infectious ...

A GP has been suspended from the UK medical register for five months for booking fake medical appointments so she could leave work in time to pick her children up from an after school club. Helen ...

In the remote islands of Chuuk state, Micronesia, tuberculosis has long been a silent crisis, spreading quietly through communities, often undiagnosed. For many decades, tuberculosis could only be ...

The government must remove the punitive remand conditions for protesters, writes Rita Issa Eight young people have recently been on hunger strike in UK prisons. This is the largest coordinated hunger ...

Almost one million people have signed up to a national diabetes prevention scheme, which has been shown to cut the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by more than a third. NHS England released details ...

Gazans are struggling to survive in makeshift shelters after widespread heavy rain, flooding, and frigid temperatures caused sewage to overflow and brought high rates of respiratory infections and ...

Deadly heatwaves, rising outbreaks of infectious diseases, and failing hospitals—the effects of climate change are among the greatest public health threats of the 21st century. Each year, extreme heat ...

If concern about illicit use is genuine, rather than a convenient justification for a poorly supported clinical trial, then it demands a serious response. Children are taking powerful drugs with known ...

A new consultation on expanding access to naloxone—which reverses the effects of opioid overdoses—to homeless shelters and other key locations has been launched by the UK government.1 Part of the plan ...

The US government has set out plans to ban all transgender care such as puberty blocking drugs, hormone treatments, and surgeries in the US.1 At a press conference on 18 December the US health ...

Dear Editor Given the fact that resident doctors have been intermittently on strike since 13/3/23, this might be an opportune time to document (with hard facts and figures) the extent to which the ...

In October 2025, foundation year one (FY1) doctors in England voted for industrial action against the UK government, not only over reduced pay but also, for the first time, over specialty training ...