Vertical health delivery programmes were highly effective in rapid roll-out of HIV services in high-burden countries in ...

A man breached Windsor Castle with a crossbow after his large language model (LLM)-based companion encouraged an assassination plan. A father’s question about pi evolved into more than 300 h of ...

Sickle cell disease—the subject of a new Seminar in The Lancet—is one of the most prevalent and fastest-growing genetic disorders worldwide. Although its true prevalence is difficult to determine ...

A new report by the IFRC shows how disinformation fuels hostility and leads to health-harming choices. John Zarocostas reports.

These findings, alongside the linked systematic review and meta-analysis of antiviral treatment efficacy, supported the 2024 WHO guidelines expansion of treatment criteria to include individuals with ...

Pharmacologist, physician, and researcher who transformed malaria treatment. Born in London, UK, on March 13, 1951, he died of cancer in Oxford, UK, on Feb 1, 2026, aged 74 years.

In medical training, we are taught to fear forgetting. Forgetting diagnostic criteria. Forgetting medication doses. Forgetting the algorithms that promise clarity when situations feel uncertain. Exams ...

As today's researchers face a tectonic shift in the foundations of global health, it is instructive to consider another time when international health research had to be re-established on a new ...

Provisions around data sharing and other conditions in new bilateral deals between the USA and several African countries have drawn criticisms. Gilbert Nakweya reports.

Congenital lower urinary tract obstruction, often presenting as fetal megacystis, is defined in the first trimester by a longitudinal bladder diameter greater than 7 mm on ultrasonography. It most ...

In 2024, the International Diabetes Federation published a position statement supporting the 1 h 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) as an alternative to the conventional 2 h testing protocol and ...

Since 1999, when Nipah virus was first identified in Malaysia, it has repeatedly emerged in south and southeast Asia, quietly exploiting ecological and social susceptibilities. The danger of Nipah ...