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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

In 2023, tuberculosis claimed approximately 1·3 million lives,1 providing a stark reminder of the persistent inequities and ...

On May 10, 2025, over 160 000 residents of Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, were confined due to a toxic cloud of chlorine smoke coming from a blast at a building storing chemical products, including 70 ...

Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is a systemic disease of poor mucocutaneous basement membrane integrity downstream of bi-allelic pathogenic variants in COL7A1. Cutaneous clinical ...

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

Research discoveries leading to the development of new pharmaceutical compounds are notoriously difficult to translate into clinical practice.1 Drug repurposing provides a strategy to identify ...