Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death globally. Tragically, as many as 80% of heart disease and stroke cases could be avoided through prevention. For people with diabetes, the ...

Multiple human rights and UN officials have raised grave concerns over violations of international law in the Gaza Strip (or Gaza) that have amounted to extermination and genocide.1–3 The Israeli ...

We thank Lola Loussert and colleagues and Ruben Ramirez Zegarra and colleagues for their thoughtful responses to our study.1 Both Correspondences raise important questions regarding the standard ...

A quarter of the way into the 21st century, emerging from the most consequential pandemic in 100 years, public health finds itself in a tricky moment. Although there has been enormous progress in ...

Innovative neuroscientist who advanced knowledge of spatial awareness and memory. Born in Dublin, Ireland, on March 27, 1970, ...

The Advisory Committee on Vaccine Practices’ recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination prompt questions and concern.

Long before the harm shows up in crowded hospitals, it begins with smoke curling from open fires in Nigerian kitchens.

The Lancet recently published two important contributions on legal accountability.1,2 Both were triggered by the 2025 landmark advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on climate ...

Experts warn that a decline in commitments to gender equity policies at many global health organisations risks progress in health. Sophie Cousins reports.

Despite recent advances in screening and diagnosis, tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease. An estimated 10·8 ...

The main goal of current ventilatory strategies in acute respiratory failure is to keep spontaneous breathing whenever ...

In a recent issue of The Lancet, Larissa I van der Windt and colleagues reported the results from APOSTEL 8, a randomised clinical trial comparing atosiban to placebo in 752 participants with ...