Conflicts of interest reported by US national vaccine advisory committee members were at a record low before Robert F Kennedy Jr’s decision to dismiss the entire Centers for Disease Control and ...

New treatment option for patients with kidney disease and itch Chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated pruritus, known by some as kidney itch, is common in patients with advanced CKD.1 About one in ...

Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports ...

The government has enlisted the help of social media platform TikTok to raise awareness of the serious risks people face when travelling overseas for cosmetic procedures. The Department of Health and ...

Many ingredients are needed to make a good doctor. Knowledge is a primary building block: anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology are all essential to understanding illness and knowing how we ...

UK must step up its preparedness plans The adoption of the pandemic agreement at the World Health Assembly in May 2025 marks a welcome commitment to global solidarity in anticipation of the next ...

United Medical Associate Professionals (UMAPs) has lost its High Court bid to temporarily prevent NHS England from carrying out the recommendations outlined in the Leng review last week (15 August) ...

The Trump administration’s moves to stop people claiming asylum in the US has pushed the Americas’ migration crisis south to Mexico, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said. The medical ...

The Annals of Internal Medicine has refused US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s demand to retract a study that found that vaccines containing the adjuvant aluminium hydroxide did not increase ...

Jeraj’s summary of the government’s options for regulation of NHS managers is helpful.1 But given the recent history of management failures by both general and medical managers, a consensus is ...

Consultant psychiatrist Suhana Ahmed talks to Erin Dean about her experience with postnatal depression and how she encourages other doctors to seek support When consultant psychiatrist Suhana Ahmed ...

Innovation may fall short of delivering improvement The UK government’s 10 year health plan for England1 was published against concerns of ailing productivity within the NHS2 and the wider UK economy.