We are witnessing a cascade of global crises on every front. War and devastation in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, and forgotten conflicts elsewhere that are rarely acknowledged. Climate-related disasters ...

UN Women published data on the shadow pandemic: the pandemic of violence against women that occurred as a result of COVID-19.

Rising debts and the need to repay them mean low-income and middle-income countries are unable to adequately fund health ...

Global health systems research has long relied on state-centric frameworks, assigning governance roles primarily to national ...

Chikungunya virus disease, a debilitating mosquito-borne (Aedes spp) illness caused by an alphavirus, chikungunya virus, is usually endemic in regions with tropical climates.1 Since the beginning of ...

Each year, 1·3 million people die from viral hepatitis, and mortality is increasing.1 This World Hepatitis Day, all stakeholders must break down the barriers to hepatitis elimination, including ending ...

Expert on infectious disease prevention and occupational safety practices in dentistry died on May 12, 2025, aged 87 years.

Clinical trials remain the cornerstone of evidence-based medicine, yet they are frequently protracted and costly. More often ...

Management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) includes multimodal therapy that depends on expert ...

World Hepatitis Day is marked each year on July 28. Last year, WHO's Global Hepatitis Report 2024 made clear the enormous burden of viral hepatitis: more than 2 million people are newly infected with ...

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) is an under-recognised global health threat that affects over 250 million individuals, of whom 80% reside in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). HBV causes ...

England will become the first country in the world to start vaccinating people against gonorrhoea. Tony Kirby reports.