The Autism Act 2009 is a landmark law that requires the government to produce an autism strategy for England, backed up by statutory guidance for the NHS and local authorities. Now, a House of Lords ...

Silos have formed in a range of debates in medicine. We need to work together to move beyond this polarisation, writes Elspeth Davies ### Biography Elspeth Davies is a senior researcher at the ...

Generative AI is expanding access, understanding, and choice for patients but also creating new risks and ethical questions, argue Charlotte Blease and colleagues What once sounded like science ...

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 ...

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 ...

Next generation weight loss drugs are prohibitively expensive for many in the US who would benefit from taking them—and may remain so, thanks to the phenomenon of patent thickets. Paige Huffman ...

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 ...

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 ...

England is facing one of the toughest ever winters in its history as an early wave of flu sweeps the nation, health officials ...