Antibiotic resistant infections are continuing to rise in England, with nearly 400 new cases reported each week last year. This comes despite NHS antibiotic use being lower than before the pandemic.
A temporary expansion of benefits during the covid pandemic reduced food insecurity by 20% among US children in low income families, researchers have reported.12 Evaluating the benefits of the ...
US states must not follow Florida’s lead—removing vaccine mandates would be disastrous for public health, writes Alexandra Epee-Bounya Vaccination programs can be credited with saving more than 150 ...
England’s chief medical officer said in a recent lecture that misinformation has always accompanied medical progress—and that the battle is winnable if we can talk honestly about uncertainty “Through ...
Selective rather than widespread testing is needed People with chronic liver disease are often diagnosed at a late stage, with decompensated cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma when prevention ...
Children are now using e-cigarettes at higher rates than adults. Tom Gatehouse and colleagues argue for an approach to regulation that prioritises children’s rights In January 2024, a headteacher in ...
Patient preferences key to weighing benefits and risks of indefinite treatment Determining the optimal duration of anticoagulation treatment after a first event of unprovoked venous thromboembolism ...
Global efforts to tackle tuberculosis (TB) are starting to bear fruit, with the number of cases decreasing for the first time since the covid-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization said that ...
My mother recently died peacefully at the age of 90. On her final morning she was briefly awake, surrounded by loving family, and then she gently slipped away. I was reminded of Kathryn Mannix’s ...
When Hilary Capell became a consultant rheumatologist in 1978, at the age of just 29, there were very few options for controlling inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. But Capell, described by her ...
Objectives To examine the association between exposure to greenness and hospital admissions for mental disorders, and to estimate greenness related hospital admissions under various greenness ...
Almost one in five patients attending major emergency departments in England were treated on trolleys or chairs in corridors this summer, a new report has found. The report1 by the Royal College of ...