I spent an afternoon at Keats House in Hampstead, London, UK. John Keats (1795–1821) began an apprenticeship to a ...

Cancer screening tests can be divided into early detection and preventive tests.1 Early-detection tests (eg, mammography for ...

The spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder of the AKDN. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec 13, 1936, he ...

The COVID-19 pandemic showed in real time, and with the highest of stakes, how hard it can be to decide if something is true. Was the virus transmitted via surfaces or airborne particles? Which drugs ...

March marks Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, with the aim of raising awareness of the third most common cancer and the ...

Countries with long health legacies from nuclear testing are leading calls for new assessments as global nuclear tensions rise. John Zarocostas reports from Geneva.

Population-based cancer registries are the benchmark for assessing a country's cancer burden.1 Cancer registries across the globe play a crucial role in providing valuable data1 for monitoring ...

When I first spoke to Yap Boum II in January, 2025, he had recently become Deputy Incident Manager for the continental response to mpox with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ...

We thank Diego S Silva and Oliver Razum and for the thoughtful and thorough analysis arguing that Australia's border closing to its own citizens during much of the COVID-19 pandemic was indeed a ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many states failed to meet their human rights obligations and commitments to equity, as Lawrence O Gostin and colleagues elaborate.1 Surprisingly, the authors omit rights ...

Beatrix Hoffman's inspiring Perspective1 discusses historical cases that illuminate the professional and ethical role of health-care providers in advocating for the rights of immigrant communities.

Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating war that has crippled its health system and displaced millions. The conflict that erupted in April, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the ...