Decades of progress in improving childhood survival are being put at risk because of major cuts to aid funding, the United Nations has warned. In a report1 published on 25 March the UN found that the ...

Rising cases of tuberculosis (TB) and measles and an intense influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season were seen in England in 2024-25, reiterating the fact that “we cannot be complacent, ...

Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy The chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, will set out the UK government’s spending plans in her spring statement on 26 March.1 The ...

Growing demand for weight loss drugs means that gaps are being filled by compounded versions. Katharine Lang asks if these can safely make up the shortfall In the UK more than 3 in every 1000 people ...

Lawyers for families whose babies the nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of killing or assaulting have cast doubt on the findings by an international panel of experts which appear to exonerate her.1 The ...

The government has been urged to remove the financial barriers to doctors taking on additional work after a BMA survey showed that many consultants and GPs have cut their hours in the past year ...

In 1983 surgeons across East Africa began to compare notes about a new disease, known colloquially as “slim,” which was ...

Recent innovations in evidence based medicine methods, in particular instruments assessing risk of bias in randomised trials, have focused on methodological rigour at the expense of simplicity and ...

Medical students from across the UK rallied outside the Department for Education on 19 March to demand adequate financial support. BMA representatives from the Medical Students Committee delivered a ...

Bambra and colleagues suggest an approach that links health and skills to tackle health related worklessness.1 But when the health of those who look out for people’s health is at risk, so are the ...

The UK has confirmed a case of H5N1 influenza of avian origin in a sheep in Yorkshire, in a world first. The infection in the animal was identified through routine and repeated milk testing, which was ...

Blood pressure should be taken in different positions Although we were taught in medical school that blood pressure should be measured in different body positions, particularly in older patients, an ...