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 ...

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab showed a significant overall survival benefit versus lenvatinib or sorafenib and manageable safety in patients with previously untreated unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma ...

One small city's bid to rescue its health finances has transformed the way health care is managed across China. Chris McCall ...

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

On May 6, 2025, the Global Initiative For Asthma (GINA) published the 2025 update to their Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention guidance report. Chair of the GINA Dissemination Working ...

Non-valvular atrial fibrillation accounts for 13–26% of acute ischaemic strokes.1 Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are ...

Considered a disease of middle-aged and older adults until the late 20th century, type 2 diabetes has risen markedly ...

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% ...

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

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

Life, as philosopher Søren Kierkegaard put it, “must be understood backwards; but…it must be lived forwards”.1 Clinical ...