Your reflection on the effects of politics on health systems, particularly in relation to events in Colombia and the United Kingdom, is highly insightful. It is certainly clear that political ...

At least 36 cases of babies becoming sickened from tainted infant formula supplies have been reported in the UK, officials ...

England’s new strategy for men’s health is aimed at tackling important public health areas including alcohol abuse, gambling ...

Many lords are focused on optimising patient choice, safety, and control at the end of life, but as lords ourselves we are concerned that numerous amendments from ideological opponents risk ...

The cost of the UK’s drug pricing deal with Donald Trump’s administration will come out of the Department of Health and Social Care’s budget for the NHS, a government minister has confirmed. Science ...

The series of strikes by UK resident doctors in recent years has required contingency planning to ensure that NHS hospital services remain safe and open.1 We’ve managed to do this through consultants ...

In January 2026, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran massacred protesters and healthcare workers in a swathe of mass violence.12 The violence ...

A new safety warning on semaglutide has been issued by the UK drugs regulator. Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor, is used to treat type 2 diabetes under the brand name of Ozempic ...

Evidence of the pandemic’s long shadow on health services The covid-19 pandemic massively disrupted health services worldwide, and the World Health Organization and health agencies have called for ...

Product information leaflets for statins should be changed, because they don’t cause the majority of the possible side effects currently listed, say researchers. The University of Oxford’s Cholesterol ...

Dear Editor Andrew Pollard’s remarks ignore the politicisation established well before Robert Kennedy’s appointment in February 2025.

Razai and colleagues’ informative overview of the health effects of noise pollution highlights the need for a cross sector and multidisciplinary approach.1 Most of the article rightly focuses on ...