We are witnessing a cascade of global crises on every front. War and devastation in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, and forgotten conflicts elsewhere that are rarely acknowledged. Climate-related disasters ...

England will become the first country in the world to start vaccinating people against gonorrhoea. Tony Kirby reports.

Chikungunya virus disease, a debilitating mosquito-borne (Aedes spp) illness caused by an alphavirus, chikungunya virus, is usually endemic in regions with tropical climates.1 Since the beginning of ...

Global health systems research has long relied on state-centric frameworks, assigning governance roles primarily to national ...

Clinical trials remain the cornerstone of evidence-based medicine, yet they are frequently protracted and costly. More often ...

Management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) includes multimodal therapy that depends on expert ...

Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience ...

Each year, 1·3 million people die from viral hepatitis, and mortality is increasing.1 This World Hepatitis Day, all stakeholders must break down the barriers to hepatitis elimination, including ending ...

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an under-recognised global health threat that affects over 250 million individuals, of whom 80% reside in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). HBV causes ...

World Hepatitis Day is marked each year on July 28. Last year, WHO's Global Hepatitis Report 2024 made clear the enormous burden of viral hepatitis: more than 2 million people are newly infected with ...

Substantial resources directed to development assistance for health1 together with other forms of investments in health have ...

Progress towards The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery's 2030 targets has been too slow and too patchy, particularly in low ...