The government hopes to alleviate the shortage of physicians in rural areas and parts of the country that regularly come under Russian attack. Ed Holt reports.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes severe illness in millions of young children each year.1 Globally, it is estimated that over 100 000 children younger than 5 years die each year from RSV; 97% ...

The Lies We've Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us sets out her hope of living to the age of 100 years in good health ...

According to Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger, reproductive justice “demands sexual autonomy and gender freedom for every ...

Non-valvular atrial fibrillation accounts for 13–26% of acute ischaemic strokes.1 Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are ...

Considered a disease of middle-aged and older adults until the late 20th century, type 2 diabetes has risen markedly ...

The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) is a cornerstone of global infectious disease prevention. In 2024, WHO celebrated the 50th anniversary of this initiative.1 Since its inception in 1974, ...

One small city's bid to rescue its health finances has transformed the way health care is managed across China. Chris McCall ...

Life, as philosopher Søren Kierkegaard put it, “must be understood backwards; but…it must be lived forwards”.1 Clinical ...

Women aged 25–49 years living in England considered at low risk of cervical cancer following testing will now be invited for ...

The USA has one of the highest rates of incarceration in the world. Shelves of books and reams of media exposés have revealed the inhumanity of American jails, prisons, and immigration detention ...

General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that mpox would remain a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC ...