Data submitted to the UK drugs regulator show a total of 82 deaths related to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, the class of drugs used for weight loss and type 2 diabetes. Data from the ...

The new US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has ordered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to halt its publicity campaign encouraging uptake of this year’s seasonal flu vaccine ...

Sixteen months of bombings and attacks have decimated Gaza’s health system and workforce. Palestinian doctors tell Elisabeth Mahase about the effects on mental health, what needs to happen next, and ...

The trial of the French surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec, which opened on 24 February and is thought to be France’s biggest ever paedophilia case, raises the question of how he was allowed to continue ...

The editorial emphasising that “adult social care reform cannot wait” covers the finance and policy issues clearly but fails to mention that it is essential—and possible—to reduce the need for social ...

Consultant psychiatrist John Mulinga talks to Erin Dean about how the kindness of a senior colleague inspired him to support doctors in training throughout his career John Mulinga started working in ...

Canada has bought half a million vaccines designed to prevent H5N1 avian influenza in humans. The vaccines are intended to stamp out any potential human transmission of the disease by immunising those ...

Michael King (standing) with Elspeth and colleagues Michael King had been working as a surgeon in a day care ward in Worthing for two years when he began to get itchy feet. While “the work was ...

The 24 February 2025 marks the third anniversary of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. This grim milestone coincides with a radical shift in American policy towards Ukraine and the rest of ...

A former medical student has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of killing three people in Rotterdam. The suspect, named only as Fouad L, was found guilty of murder, arson, ...

Tactical nuclear weapons pose a threat to life and health that we cannot ignore Overt threats to strike with nuclear weapons are rising with alarming frequency.12 Geopolitical attitudes have shifted ...

Some English words are more euphonious than others, and there are many lists of words that their collectors have labelled “the most beautiful words in English.” I have analysed 372 of these and have ...