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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Estimates of cancer burden and comprehensive analyses of cancer trends, risk factors, and future projections are important ...

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 ...

Survivors of high-risk neuroblastoma treated with modern therapies demonstrated a substantial burden of late effects, ...

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 ...

The American photographer Irving Penn (1917–2009) described a good photograph as one “that communicates a fact, touches the ...