Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination reduces the incidence of cervical cancer by 80% in people vaccinated at or before the age of 16, according to two Cochrane reviews.12 The comprehensive ...

Rates of whooping cough (pertussis) are rising in the US as fewer children are being vaccinated. Official data showed 35 493 cases of the disease in the US in 2024, a fivefold increase from 7063 in ...

Nearly one in three women worldwide—some 840 million—have experienced sexual violence in their lifetime, a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN suggests. The organisations also ...

A man in Washington state infected with the first known human case of the H5N5 strain of avian influenza has died.12 Health officials did not provide an exact cause of death but said the patient was ...

Countries can learn from the UK’s success with mandatory gender pay gap reporting and accountability, write Helen Clark and colleagues Each November, Equal Pay Day marks the day in the year when women ...

Two controversial research studies assessing the risks and benefits of giving puberty blockers to young people with gender incongruence will go ahead.1 The trials received all necessary regulatory and ...

Knitting has brought consultant and mother of two Chrissy Jayarajah a sense of calm, Erin Dean hears Watching the yarn as it moves around the knitting needles on its way to create a garment brings ...

Hospes in Latin means both a host and a guest. It’s a Janus word that reflects a reciprocal arrangement between not so much opposites as counterparts. Hospes gives us the word hospitality, which is ...

MPs and peers must act urgently to avert potential scandal from drug industry payments and connections to parliamentary interest groups, researchers have said. A new study of pharmaceutical firms’ ...

Doctors have accused ministers of “weaponising antisemitism” to silence healthcare professionals from speaking out against the genocide in Gaza.12 In a letter sent to the Department of Health and ...

New guidance published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting vaccines may cause autism has been slammed by medical and autism advocacy groups. A CDC webpage which ...

Boris Johnson’s government repeatedly did “too little, too late” in response to the covid pandemic and could have saved 23 000 lives in England if a lockdown had been imposed a week earlier, the UK ...