Five children with thalassaemia have tested HIV positive after blood transfusion at a government hospital in the state of Jharkhand, east India. The state government has suspended three officials and ...

London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced £2.7m in funding to put air purifiers in classrooms as part of ongoing plans to reduce the effects of pollution in the city. At least 200 schools across the ...

With Brazil set to host COP30, The BMJ talks to doctors who are working to help the communities worst affected by the climate crisis For Brazilian doctor Érika Pellegrino the covid-19 pandemic was a ...

NHS could pioneer on collaborative, innovative approaches Healthcare systems that develop and implement national cancer plans deliver better outcomes for patients than those with none.1 A successful ...

In January 2025, within 24 hours of beginning his second term as US President, Donald Trump launched an unprecedented dismantling of US climate policies. He withdrew the United States from the Paris ...

A long criticised study on antidepressant use in adolescents has been flagged with an “expression of concern” by a leading ...

Mention China to a medical journal editor, and their mind will leap to studies on irrelevant research questions drawn from ...

Hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users exhibit signs of psychosis, mania, or suicidal intent every week, a company audit ...

Doctors’ leaders have reacted strongly to the government’s proposed 2.5% pay rise for clinicians next year, suggesting it’s ...

In 2022, millions of families across Brazil sat in their living rooms watching prime time commercials on the country’s ...

Prostate specific antigen screening reduces the risk of death from prostate cancer by 13%, one of the largest randomised ...

Sertraline may start working on key depression symptoms such as suicidal thoughts and feelings of sadness within two weeks, ...