Although the definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has undergone numerous revisions aimed at enhancing its diagnostic accuracy and clinical practicality, the usefulness and ...

The emerging crisis in eastern DR Congo and especially around the city of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, has worrying implications for cholera in the region. The area around Goma has been ...

US President Donald Trump's decision to impose punitive tariffs of 145% for pharmaceutical imports from China,1 effective since April 10, 2025, will pose substantial challenges towards global health ...

The recent escalation of US trade policies, characterised by steep tariff increases on imports from China and other nations,1 threatens to destabilise not only global supply chains but also public ...

The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and ...

The outcomes of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) remain unknown. Alongside the global adoption of antifibrotic therapies, there is currently relentless research for biomarkers and ...

Taiwan's health-care system faced an unprecedented crisis due to simultaneous outbreaks of influenza and norovirus. The emergency departments had severe overcrowding, which was exacerbated by a ...

Clinical academia is on a steep decline globally. In the UK, a 6% reduction in the number of clinical academics since 2012 has been reported, with the number of senior lecturer level researchers ...

“The NIH decision to restrict access to key genomic and medical datasets hinders global cooperation at a time when coordinated action is needed”, said Anjee Davis (Fight Colorectal Cancer, Springfield ...

A US federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump Administration's seizure of more than US$11 billion in already dispersed ...

In our continuing series on medicine in unusual circumstances, Talha Burki gets a taste of the world of competitive eating.

Except when we fly, or see rockets and missiles, we mostly ignore the air we breathe. But when the air becomes poisoned with pathogens, then we care about this invisible cocktail and actions we take ...