US President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of vaccine conspiracist Robert F Kennedy, Jr, as his new administration's Health and Human Services (HHS) cabinet secretary has alarmed many public health ...

The medical community is still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic, while fears for other zoonotic viruses emerge. Additionally, political agendas including strong anti-vaccination messaging and the ...

The theme of the 2024 Wakley-Wu Lien Teh Prize essay contest was women and health.1 We are delighted and grateful to have ...

An international team has set out to answer one of the more vexing questions in paediatric medicine today—namely, are ...

A 4-year-old boy in a collision with a speeding motorcycle as he crossed the road was referred to our hospital from a ...

Former US President, humanitarian, and global health champion. Born on Oct 1, 1924, in Plains, GA, USA, he died there on Dec ...

Poverty eradication by 2030 is the primary objective of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. China is determined to eradicate extreme poverty and uses the relocation of people who are ...

The higher number of hospitalisations among women with endometriosis, compared to those without, highlights the substantial ...

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology published its Commission on the definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity.

Despite evidence that some people with excess adiposity have ill health due to obesity, obesity is generally considered a ...

With global poliovirus eradication hinging on just Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is concern about lack of progress in both ...

Elevated blood pressure is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Numerous clinical practice guidelines ...