High levels of inequality are making the world more vulnerable to pandemics and the unhealthy cycle between the two must be broken, global leaders have warned.1 A report by world leading public health ...

Pandemic preparedness and response must be rooted in trust, cooperation, and commitment to greater health equity, says Michael Marmot The covid-19 pandemic brought to mind Albert Camus’s The Plague.

Dear Editor O’Dowd’s recent report showing that many ChatGPT users experience severe mental health distress shows the urgent need to examine and strengthen ethical standards in how digital tools are ...

Unregistered sonographers working in baby scan clinics on the UK’s high streets are sometimes giving poor or potentially dangerous advice to pregnant women, the Society of Radiographers has warned.1 ...

The number of requests for an online consultation submitted to general practices in England rose by almost 50% in the past year, official figures show. Data released by NHS England on 30 October show ...

Writing from the US amid a government shutdown, Lucinda Hiam asks why the world’s most expensive health system still fails to deliver fair and universal access to care The Trump administration’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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