Gaza is a preventable human-made humanitarian catastrophe of exceptional scale and duration. Hamas' Oct 7, 2023, attacks on ...

The Lancet Editorial highlights social prescribing as a key component of health systems.1 In Brazil, this concept aligns well ...

The Lancet Editorial1 rightly highlights the potential for social prescribing to help address social determinants of health, but it risks underestimating the evidence for its effectiveness. Although ...

Physician, equity champion, and health systems leader who influenced global health policy. Born on Aug 26, 1949, in London, ...

One of the things I did to survive in university”, John Middleton tells me, “was learn the harmonica.” Blues and jazz have ...

2025 is the centenary of Joseph Breuer's death (Jan 15, 1842–June 29, 1925). In an era of rising mental disorder and chronic disease, it is timely to acknowledge his legacy.

On July 16, 2025, armed militia attacked Suweida National Hospital in southern Syria, resulting in devastating casualties. Although still being investigated, reports indicate that the casualties ...

The increase in human life expectancy in most parts of the world has not generally been accompanied by a corresponding boost ...

Global health systems are facing a paradox; demand is escalating beyond the limits of even the most well-resourced systems, yet innovations are accelerating at unprecedented speed. The result is a ...

August saw the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, one of the last major anniversaries at ...

Many in the global clinical and research community reacted with horror to the June 18, 2025, news that the Trump ...

Since late 2023, Gaza has endured a protracted armed conflict with restricted humanitarian access, which has ultimately ...