The 16th World Congress on Endometriosis held in Sydney, May 21–24, put an important but often neglected women's health condition into the spotlight. Endometriosis is a chronic disease characterised ...

Around the world, some 16 billion plastic syringes and 15 billion face masks are thrown away each year.1,2 Unknown in the first half of the 20th century, the global production, circulation, and ...

Level Meeting (HLM) on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NCDs), which will be held on Sept 25, 2025 in New York, NY ...

On May 6, 2025, the Global Initiative For Asthma (GINA) published the 2025 update to their Global Strategy for Asthma ...

Critical illness operates at the extremes of physiology, with clinicians often confronted with managing overwhelming organ failure requiring aggressive ventilation, vasoactive infusions, and, ...

Gilead's lenacapavir approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) marks a milestone in HIV prevention, but experts warn over its expense. Sophie Cousins reports.

We appreciate the responses to our Article,1 which suggest that the health cost of paying for new pharmaceuticals in the National Health Service (NHS), estimated at £1·25 million quality-adjusted life ...

After a median of 11.2 years of follow-up, 4461 participants (39% women) developed multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases. Higher UPF consumption (per 1 standard deviation increment, ...

Shyamali Dharmage grew up in rural Sri Lanka and was inspired to become a doctor after watching the impact of the local ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes severe illness in millions of young children each year.1 Globally, it is estimated that over 100 000 children younger than 5 years die each year from RSV; 97% ...

The government hopes to alleviate the shortage of physicians in rural areas and parts of the country that regularly come under Russian attack. Ed Holt reports.

We welcome the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on the future of neonatology, calling for much needed attention to ...