As historians we rarely predict the future since we are trained to look at the past, draw lessons from it, and identify ...

Suzanne O’Sullivan, author and consultant in neurology and clinical neurophysiology at the National Hospital for Neurology ...

Progress in reducing neonatal and under-5 mortality have stalled as experts call for greater investment in services. Udani Samarasekera reports.

China's persistent decline in fertility rates and the accompanying demographic shift towards an ageing population have brought challenges to the country's health-care system, particularly in the realm ...

The actions of the US Government are causing serious harm to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally, and more threats loom. The gutting of the US Agency for International ...

Reducing the maternal mortality rate due to postpartum haemorrhage depends on the ability of health-care teams to identify pregnant women at higher risk of bleeding, to timely and accurately detect ...

The panel will seek to understand the causes of suicide among students and formulate recommendations for prevention. Dinesh C Sharma reports.

As scientists, health professionals, and lawyers engaged in reducing pandemic spillover risks, we recognise the urgent need for, and immense potential of, a robust international agreement on pandemic ...

The global health landscape stands at a critical inflection point. Multilateral organisations, including WHO, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and ...

Belarusian political prisoners report worsening medical care, particularly since a crackdown on political dissent. Ed Holt reports.

On World AIDS Day 2024, UNAIDS proposed use of a human rights-based approach to end the HIV pandemic by 2030.1 Their approach is centred on achieving equity in access to HIV prevention and treatment, ...

Nearly a century has passed since writer Virginia Woolf alerted us to the breakdown of language when confronted with pain.