The US has reported its first human death from avian influenza H5N1 in a person who had been admitted to hospital in Louisiana after being exposed to a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.1 ...

As medical statisticians, we welcome revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki emphasising the importance of appropriate methods to reduce research waste.1 The declaration now states that rigorous ...

It was a familiar scene in the lead-up to Christmas: husbands looking lost in highly perfumed, dazzlingly lit shops. An expensive lipstick or cashmere scarf, seldom actually wanted, was bought as a ...

Charles was born in London and was evacuated to Biggin Hill during the second world war. He studied medicine at University College London, then worked on the house staff at University College Hospital ...

The 1990s were characterised by a rise in teenage smoking rates. Nostalgia for that decade shouldn’t see us undo progress against this public health threat, writes Caroline Cerny The 1990s are firmly ...

Improving the NHS has to be weighed alongside improving population health Two narratives emerged from Wes Streeting’s first appearance before the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee on ...

The prime minister, Keir Starmer, has unveiled new plans to radically transform the NHS in a bid to cut waiting lists.1 One new element is the promise that GPs will be able to order more tests ...

Authors, institutions, funders, and editors must be alert to the dangers A growing number of entities misrepresent themselves as scholarly journals for financial gain despite not meeting scholarly ...

The government has announced several measures to cut waiting times for NHS elective treatment in England, including expanding community diagnostic centres, creating 14 new surgical hubs, and ...

The NHS will never work properly unless the government acts on social care, writes Richard Humphries After six months in power, the UK government has finally set out how it intends to tackle the ...

GPs are to be paid a £20 fee for each call they make to a hospital specialist seeking to speed up treatment as part of a new drive to cut England’s elective care waiting lists. The government launched ...

NHS employers need a proactive and consistent approach to protecting the mental health of resident doctors, write Alexander Mafi and Jaya Sharma “No one else is going to look out for you in this job ...