Despite data gaps in many countries, the burden of sickle cell disease, especially in west and central Africa, underscores the urgent need to scale up newborn and early childhood screening, ...

Bangladesh is experiencing a measles resurgence with unprecedented numbers of severe paediatric cases. As of March 30, 2026, nationwide deaths increased to at least 38 children, including 32 deaths in ...

A multidisciplinary panel convened by the American College of Critical Care Medicine has developed new guideline recommendations on caring for older adults in the intensive care unit (ICU). The two ...

The current global health financing emergency is not only creating a service delivery crisis;1 it threatens hard-won health research and life science ecosystems in low-income and middle-income ...

Women's bodily autonomy and health, particularly with regard to abortion, are under attack. The politicisation of women's ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere. These tiny particles—formed by abrasion, fragmentation, and open burning of plastics—are found in the ocean, the Arctic, Himalayan glaciers, air, ...

The term signe de cils was introduced in the late 19th century and is attributed to Achille Souques, one of the most ...

Corals have long captured the medical imagination. As Earth heats up, we might want to take our linked fates more seriously. It is easy to see how rising temperatures threaten humans and corals alike.

As part of a continuing series, Talha Burki looks at the issues at the core of medicine in nuclear power plants.

Vanuatu has a long history of natural disasters. But a combination of traditional knowledge and a simple warning system have kept deaths remarkably low. Chris McCall reports.

In the 2000s, when the AIDS pandemic hit South Africa, we were seeing a lot of children dying from HIV. That was just before ...

Japan's scientific standing has faced a quiet crisis over the past two decades. Although it maintained high absolute research and development spending, Japan's global share of the top 10% of highly ...