More than 200 000 additional blood donors are needed annually in England to cover a shortfall in blood donation and avoid a “red alert” threat to public safety, the NHS has said. Blood stocks have ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to conduct reviews into the abortion drug mifepristone, infant formula, and talc, while health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr expressed support for broader ...

James (known to most as Jim) obtained his diploma in tropical medicine on completion of his surgical exams to fulfil a calling to work in Africa. He arrived in Kenya in 1968, one of the last to go by ...

The GP and chief medical officer of a small Norwegian town has been sentenced to 21 years in prison after being convicted of 82 counts of abusing his position as a doctor and 70 counts of rape. All ...

NHS England faces a referral to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office over its decision to grant researchers training an AI model “similar to ChatGPT” on GP patient data provided to the NHS purely ...

On 1 June it became illegal in the UK to sell or supply single use vapes. The ban was marked by press reports warning that denying people access to disposable vapes would lead to 200 000 taking up ...

Six well known senior clinicians have urged resident doctors to reject a call from the BMA for strike action over pay, arguing that such action would be futile and damaging. A letter signed by Clare ...

People born and living their early years in the most deprived areas of England have worse health and outcomes throughout their life in terms of obesity, tooth decay, attendances at hospital emergency ...

Lucy Chappell, NIHR chief executive, speaks to Victor Adebowale about the structural and interpersonal racism embedded in UK healthcare research ### Biographies Lucy Chappell is chief scientific ...

There are many ways to help deaf and hard of hearing colleagues feel included and supported, Elisabeth Mahase reports George Webster, medical student and editorial scholar at The BMJ , says, “Don’t ...

Georgina Johnson describes the compassion and support she received with a cancer diagnosis and getting the balance of information right Being diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer at the age of 48 came ...

Timely investigation needed in the wake of a rising incidence While monitoring of bowel health lacks inherent prestige, the late Dame Deborah James, known internationally as “Bowelbabe,” transformed ...