Phase 1 of Chile's comprehensive FLAL plausibly caused a measurable decrease in the prevalence of excess weight among young school children. The results provide crucial, evidence-based support for ...

The escalating global burden of child obesity represents one of the most pressing public health challenges, with profound implications for lifelong health of children and for health system ...

In addition to its direct toll on human lives and public health,1 the US–Israel war on Iran is a stark reminder of the global economy's vulnerability to disruption. One sector feeling the impacts is ...

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is often referred to as the bible of psychiatry. While clinicians do not always follow its guidance with the reverence that this description ...

I am sitting in my office in Montpellier, France, between two consultations, when I glance at my phone and see the notifications accumulating: images of buildings reduced to dust, familiar streets ...

Critics are calling for the IMA to be suspended from the World Medical Association over its stance on Gaza. Udani Samarasekera reports.

Although the hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius has drawn the world's attention, day-to-day practice is usually a little more prosaic. Talha Burki embarks on an examination of cruise ships.

The organisations’ announcement promises a unified coordinated response to controlling the Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak. John Zarocostas reports.

In medicine, needless to say, the moment you feel as if you've mastered something is invariably the point at which your next experience will knock you straight back down to earth.”1 Physician and ...

Collaboration report an individual participant data meta-analysis of double-blind randomised controlled trials (RCTs) assessing whether adverse outcomes listed in statin product labels are causally ...

In April 2026, the National Institute for Health Care and Research (NIHR) announced that it would award £2·31 million to projects aimed at preventing chronic health conditions as part of its Invention ...

Since WHO declared the ongoing outbreak of Ebola virus disease caused by Bundibugyo virus (species Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense; BDBV) in DR Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of ...