Over 12 000 Gazans desperately need to be evacuated for medical care, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a plea to countries around the world to “open their doors” to evacuees. “As the genocide in ...

As the Precision Public Health Asia conference approaches, Kent Buse and colleagues caution that the specialty risks becoming a high tech fix for deeply political problems In The Time Machine by HG ...

Collection of ethnicity data in clinical research has been poor historically, but is essential to ensure that interventions are effective and safe across diverse populations. These data are needed to ...

Awaab’s law is an opportunity to advocate for better health When 2 year old Awaab Ishak died in 2020 the forensic pathologist found that the airway granulomas which led to his respiratory arrest were ...

Consultant colorectal surgeon Ling Wong talks to Kathy Oxtoby about the complex surgery he performs—and how it’s important to find hope in every situation “I’m the type of person who doesn’t give up ...

Amid international aid cuts, we need renewed focus on our collective goal to bring HIV under control by 2030, write Linda-Gail Bekker and colleagues Since its inception in 2003, the US President’s ...

The government is to streamline the regulation of patient safety in England after a review concluded that there is “considerable duplication and overlap” between different organisations. The review, ...

Empowering, participatory approaches are needed to improve quality of life and health outcomes for people with dementia, write Emily Ong and colleagues Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death ...

A former Shetland GP has been struck off the UK medical register after a medical practitioners tribunal found that he was aggressive towards two female doctors and broke the rules on examining ...

A survey by the Unite union1 has found that almost a fifth of female healthcare workers have experienced work related sexual assault. Unite counts 65 000 women in the healthcare sector among its ...

India’s medical regulatory authority has eased faculty recruitment rules to expand the pool of eligible teachers for medical colleges. But the move has drawn criticism from some, who warn that it ...

Time to see lived experience as expertise, and make inclusive engagement business as usual It is indisputable that people should have a say in the healthcare decisions that affect them. “Lived ...