Tackling the jobs crisis in general practice and guaranteeing same day appointments for patients with urgent needs are what ministers have promised in this year’s new GP contract. The 2026-27 GP ...

Elimination must build on locally driven, grassroots achievements Global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) stand at a crossroads, with uneven progress, commitments increasingly ...

GPs will be “incentivised” to refer eligible patients to weight loss programmes and to prescribe weight loss jabs such as tirzepatide (Mounjaro) as part of the upcoming 2026-27 GP contract. The ...

A baby boy is the first child to be born in the UK after a uterus transplantation from a deceased donor.1 Hugo was born by caesarean section at Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London in ...

Deliberate, sustained action from healthcare is needed to rebuild trust in communities targeted by ICE, writes Munira Maalimisaq Today, fear of immigration enforcement in Minnesota is causing people ...

A controversial blood test that promises to detect multiple cancers in their early stages failed to meet a key trial endpoint of a significant reduction in stage III-IV cases. Investors in the US ...

Childhood immunisation rates in Australia are at a 10 year low, as the nation emerges from a record breaking surge in whooping cough cases. Australia reported more than 57 000 cases of pertussis in ...

A skin colour restoring cream for vitiligo has been approved for use on the NHS by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).1 Vitiligo is a chronic autoimmune disease in which ...

Valerie Amos highlights several key points in her preliminary findings of the national investigation into maternity and neonatal care across England.12 These findings accord with our experience of ...

Interventions that support caregiver wellbeing and families should be a priority One in five children worldwide live in settings affected by conflict or violence, a twofold increase compared with the ...

Zulfiqar A Bhutta and colleagues call for renewed global commitments and funding mechanisms to build on promising initiatives to protect children affected by armed conflict The world is a challenging ...

Theresa S Betancourt and colleagues argue that implementation and systems strengthening are urgently needed to integrate mental health and psychosocial support interventions across health, education, ...