Conflicts of interest reported by US national vaccine advisory committee members were at a record low before Robert F Kennedy Jr’s decision to dismiss the entire Centers for Disease Control and ...

New treatment option for patients with kidney disease and itch Chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated pruritus, known by some as kidney itch, is common in patients with advanced CKD.1 About one in ...

Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports ...

The government has enlisted the help of social media platform TikTok to raise awareness of the serious risks people face when travelling overseas for cosmetic procedures. The Department of Health and ...

Many ingredients are needed to make a good doctor. Knowledge is a primary building block: anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology are all essential to understanding illness and knowing how we ...

UK must step up its preparedness plans The adoption of the pandemic agreement at the World Health Assembly in May 2025 marks a welcome commitment to global solidarity in anticipation of the next ...

Dear Editor, In their article, Burnett and Haoussou write that denying refugees British citizenship “will create hostility and harm some of the most vulnerable people in our soc ...

The Annals of Internal Medicine has refused US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s demand to retract a study that found that vaccines containing the adjuvant aluminium hydroxide did not increase ...

Consultant psychiatrist Suhana Ahmed talks to Erin Dean about her experience with postnatal depression and how she encourages other doctors to seek support When consultant psychiatrist Suhana Ahmed ...

United Medical Associate Professionals (UMAPs) has lost its High Court bid to temporarily prevent NHS England from carrying out the recommendations outlined in the Leng review last week (15 August) ...

Giebel and colleagues call for a national strategy for dementia care.1 This call should be extended beyond care to all of dementia through a biopsychosocial approach to care, cure, and prevention to ...

Efforts to prevent and ultimately end FGM need more funding and the support of health professionals, writes Nimco Ali Many health professionals know about the dire medical and psychological ...