Although climate change represents one of the greatest public health challenges of our time, its impacts on patients with ...

Heavy menstrual bleeding is a challenging condition that, when refractory to conventional treatment, frequently culminates in hysterectomy. Endometrial ablation offers an effective, uterus-sparing ...

For decades, the standard of care for patients with resected stage II and III colon cancer has centred on surgery with consideration of postoperative adjuvant systemic therapy to reduce risk of ...

A controversial trial in which a birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine would be withheld from half the enrolled newborn children has been given ethical approval, according to the Center for Infectious ...

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is increasingly recognised as a global health problem, yet the true burden remains uncertain ...

Over the past four decades, England's regional mortality inequalities have widened among working‑age adults, with more rapid ...

Substatial progress has been made on the elimination of trachoma but challenges in terms of funding and diagnostics remain. Timothy Jesudason reports.

Bundibugyo virus is now driving the largest Ebola outbreak that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has ever faced. As of Sept 30, 2026, DRC has reported 8224 confirmed cases, including 3982 ...

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Talha ...

While being raised in the Republic of San Marino, neglected diseases were not something Dora Buonfrate ever thought about during her quiet and happy childhood. “But for as long as I can remember, I ...

Despite decades-long efforts by emergency medical services (EMS) to improve clinical outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), efficient strategies are still lacking. With a global ...

From Sept 29 to Oct 1, 2026, the 17th annual Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network conference was held in Kigali, Rwanda. Timothy Jesudason reports.