The Pasteur Institute of Iran sustained considerable damage from a series of airstrikes in late March, 2026.1 This historically important medical institution, founded 106 years ago, has played a key ...

Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis is primarily associated with serogroups A, B, C, W, X, and Y and is characterised by its sudden, unpredictable nature and devastating ...

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

March 2026 saw the US Food and Drug Administration grant breakthrough device designation to Path Assist Derm, an artificial ...

Suicide is the leading cause of death in New Zealanders aged 15–19 years. Advocates are calling for better approaches to prevention and support. Sophie Cousins, Clive Aspin, and Suzy Taylor report.

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 ...

Lebanon's already weakened health system is overwhelmed, under-resourced, and increasingly attacked by the Israeli army. Amelie David reports from Lebanon.

Proportionally more children undergo trauma laparotomy in lower-resource settings than in higher-resource settings; however, ...

It is official: global warming is accelerating. In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters in March, 2026, Grant Foster and Stefan Rahmstorf strip out the noise of natural variability in ...

WHO's approval of the RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix) malaria vaccine in 2021 marked a milestone in global public health. It represented not only the first vaccine approved against any parasitic human disease ...

The ENO Breathe programme can improve HRQOL, breathlessness, anxiety, and respiratory symptoms in people with long COVID and ...

In their recent Viewpoint, Frieden and colleagues argue that mass blood pressure screening diverts resources from improving hypertension care. We present a counterargument that community-based blood ...