On May 2, 2026, a cluster of severe respiratory illness among passengers aboard a cruise ship in the Atlantic was reported to WHO, and a suspected hantavirus outbreak was identified. The vessel ...

With very low certainty of evidence, WHO has conditionally recommended two 6-month or 9-month regimens for pre-extensively drug-resistant (pre-XDR) tuberculosis: one comprising bedaquiline, pretomanid ...

Decisions around which vaccines to use are increasingly important in the context of Gavi's country vaccine budgets. Robust metrics that allow comparison between vaccines are thus essential to inform ...

Peru is expanding access to surgery and care for patients with cleft conditions in remote areas through intensive ...

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a substantial global health challenge. In the UK alone, more than 200 000 hospital admissions occur annually, with a substantially larger volume of cases ...

The Lancet published an Editorial on reviving research into psychedelics for mental health conditions, observing that “the ...

The UK's coastal ambient air quality, often perceived as inherently healthpromoting, contrasts with the poor health outcomes ...

Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly asserts that a verifiable source ...

He was 17 years and 3 months old when he first asked me how long he would have to wait for the end.

At first, the noises emanating from the speakers sounded just like any other kind of ambient music, the type that features in ...

WHO's approval of the RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix) malaria vaccine in 2021 marked a milestone in global public health. It ...

In Greek mythology, Atlas is the powerful Titan condemned by Zeus to eternally bear the celestial spheres—a profound symbol of endurance and strength. These very virtues are necessitated in patients ...