Shyamali Dharmage grew up in rural Sri Lanka and was inspired to become a doctor after watching the impact of the local ...

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% ...

We welcome the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on the future of neonatology, calling for much needed attention to ...

Neonatology matters. In high-income settings, one in ten babies will receive neonatal care1 and worldwide, one in ten births ...

I welcome the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on the future of neonatology and its compelling vision for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...