Women living in US states that have abortion bans, such as Louisiana or Texas, are almost at twice the risk of dying during pregnancy, childbirth, or shortly after giving birth than women in states ...

Two years after the start of civil war that has displaced 14 million people and taken tens of thousands of lives,1 Sudan continues to suffer under the complex effects of a humanitarian crisis, ...

Patients in Wales face a high risk of increased harm if the NHS does not urgently improve performance and productivity in core services, independent experts have warned. The Ministerial Advisory Group ...

The UK’s drug representative body may expel the drug company Moderna over its handling of a case in which children were offered £1500 to participate in a clinical trial. The Prescription Medicines ...

Being a doctor is a huge privilege. We’re present and trusted at the major points in life: births, deaths, medical interventions and decisions, and navigating long term conditions. Many of these ...

Healthcare leaders and campaigners have warned that the withdrawal of ringfenced central funding for England’s maternity services will severely undermine efforts to improve safety. Analysis by the ...

Vanderslott discusses several shortcomings of covid-19 vaccination that need to be tackled in preparation for future pandemics.1 My colleagues and I have identified an additional area of concern.2 We ...

The General Medical Council (GMC) has approved 33 courses to teach physician associates (PAs), the first time such degrees have been subject to formal quality assurance by the regulator.1 Three ...

People in the most deprived areas of England are almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital for infectious disease as those in least deprived areas, a report from the UK Health Security Agency ...

Riley and colleagues discuss the importance of presenting the uncertainty around risk estimates provided by clinical prediction models.1 They describe how uncertainty and bias can be caused by poor ...

Despite initiatives to reverse the trend, UK trained doctors from ethnic minority backgrounds and international medical graduates still have poorer academic outcomes than their white peers. Aisha ...

A review of gender dysphoria commissioned by Donald Trump has concluded that the evidence “remains very low across all intervention types” but made no mention of the research needed to meet the needs ...