We need to redesign social media and other digital platforms so that these spaces are safer and healthier, writes Louise Holly Across the globe, countries are grabbling with how to shield children ...

Distrust in science underpins the new administration The second term of office of US president elect Donald Trump looks set ...

Around 2000 claimants in the UK are proposing to take legal action against Johnson & Johnson over claims that its talcum powder products caused cancer. The law firm KP Law has sent a letter before ...

Health workers, including doctors and other staff, staged a strike in Rome on 20 November in protest at proposals set out in the government’s budget. Anaao Assomed, Italy’s biggest trade union for ...

The life expectancy gap across different US population groups grew from 12.6 years in 2000 to 20.4 years in 2021, a study has found, showing an increase in racial and geographic health disparities ...

The aim of an integrated neighbourhood team (INT) is to bring medical, nursing, and social care services to the patient’s ...

The temptations of doctors to act inappropriately are many and well documented. They include, among others, the temptation to put financial gain before patient wellbeing, to cut corners to reduce ...

When Labour came to power in July the new health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting, promised a frank report on the ...

Cédric Lemarchand and colleagues highlight weaknesses in the evidence on efficacy and safety of hallucinogens and question ...

A grassroots food assistance programme in Brazil that grew out of the pandemic is now trying to counter obesity and other ...

Breast cancer charities and patients are “devastated” that the drug Enhertu will not be available in England and Wales after negotiations collapsed over pricing. Jacqui Wise examines calls for NICE to ...

Harmful industries still exert their influence over health professionals, academia, and health systems; robust change is ...