Social media has emerged as a powerful tool for medical students in India, enabling them to challenge entrenched norms, advocate for inclusivity, and demand accountability. Christianez Ratna Kiruba ...

The Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Robert F Kennedy Jr as head of the US Department of Health and Human Services by a vote of 14-13 on 4 February. The full Senate will vote on his ...

Four fifths of the money spent in the UK on healthcare in people’s last year of life goes on hospital care, an analysis has found, underlining the urgent need to overhaul palliative care services and ...

Despite major advances in artificial intelligence (AI) research for healthcare, the deployment and adoption of AI technologies remain limited in clinical practice. This paper describes the FUTURE-AI ...

The adage “health is wealth” applies to the country and to individuals. While politicians debate conventional economic growth, it’s evident that the increasing impact of population ill health will be ...

Peter Fenwick and Caspar Throughout his career, neuropsychiatrist Peter Fenwick sought explanations for human experiences and consciousness that went beyond conventional models of brain function. He ...

What’s your view of herd immunity?” someone non-medical asked me at a party recently. “How long have you got?” I replied. It’s my way of avoiding an argument when I sense that somebody wants to ...

Jill Van der Knaap (née Close) was born in London in 1943. Despite coming from a family with no medical background, modest means, and negligible influence, she made it to the London Hospital Medical ...

A new global evidence review on leadership outcomes bolsters advocacy for gender equality in the current context of backlash against rights and equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts, writes Jocalyn ...

Having more pre-legislative stages would allow better quality debate Private members’ bills are introduced by individual members of parliament, rather than cabinet ministers or peers. One type of ...

Online pharmacies in England, Wales, and Scotland will have to carry out stricter checks on people who are buying weight loss drugs, under new regulatory guidance. Pharmacists will no longer be able ...

An independent investigation by a panel of 14 international experts into the cause of injury and death of the babies Lucy Letby is convicted of murdering or attempting to murder has claimed that there ...