Laura Schmidt and colleagues identify systemic financial conflicts of interest that serve as a cautionary tale for users of medical guidelines Prescribing glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor ...

Sustainable change requires improved study design, market incentives, and patient involvement, write Kate Womersley and colleagues For too long, medical research has defaulted to male physiology, ...

Public health must reclaim digital spaces to boost trust Outbreaks of measles, which is both deadly and readily preventable, are symptoms of a global health system in trouble. Between 2022 and 2023, ...

A mosquito borne virus that causes mass livestock abortions has killed hundreds of people in East Africa—and climate change is accelerating its spread. Frank Burkybile reports on the growing threat of ...

The government’s 10 year plan for England’s NHS, Fit for the Future , was published on 3 July.1 But can it deliver the goal set in its title? Is it an actual plan or more a set of ambitions, and what ...

Mary was born in Glasgow in 1937 but moved with her family to Essex in the 1940s, following her father’s work in the army. They returned to Scotland when Mary was in her late teens. Mary’s mother ...

Three former senior leaders at the NHS hospital where the neonatal nurse Lucy Letby worked have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. The three, who have not been named, have ...

Like an eagerly awaited summer blockbuster, the NHS 10 year plan carries high expectations, although initial reactions haven’t been particularly positive.1 The challenge is substantial, especially the ...

Axios reports that the Trump administration has terminated around $20m (£14.6m; €17m) in federal subscription contracts with the scientific publisher Springer Nature, citing concerns over content and ...

Recent developments that have caused concern include removing all members of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccines and replacing them ...

Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS England, recently said the quiet part out loud: the NHS can sometimes see patients as an inconvenience.1 It’s a stark observation, but it resonates deeply with ...

Chris was always destined for medicine, not least because his father and elder brother had also been doctors. While he remained a northerner at heart (he was born in Burnley, then studied in Liverpool ...