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 ...

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

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.

President Trump's decision to withdraw the USA from WHO and suspend foreign aid, including crucial funding for health initiatives targeting HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, marked a substantial shift ...

Trump's ban on gender-affirming surgery and medication for minors is clashing with anti-discrimination law. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.

Syria's health-care system has been devastated over a past decade of armed conflict, compounded by long-standing, systematic neglect under the Assad dictatorship. As a result, many populations have ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...