Preliminary laboratory findings suggest that a mystery illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a combination of common and seasonal viral respiratory infections and malaria, the World ...

The last major hospital in northern Gaza is now out of commission after a raid by Israeli forces left its surgical unit, medical store, and laboratory “burnt and severely damaged.” Staff and ...

New administration has pledged massive reform but said little on how to achieve it The incoming US administration has signalled its intent to make large changes to the federal government’s approach to ...

Palliative medicine specialist Michael Blaber talks to Helen Jones about how his role can make a difficult time for patients and their families a little bit better “I’ve always been fascinated by the ...

The UK government has announced plans to introduce a league table of NHS providers, with rewards for the leaders.1 Managers get more pay for better performance, but what do all the staff get who do ...

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Israel has reportedly ordered the closure and evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital—one of the last semi-functioning hospitals left in northern Gaza—putting the lives of dozens of patients at risk, ...

The UK Medical Research Council’s plans to redirect funding to new “centres of research excellence” (CoREs) could force existing MRC research units to close, eminent scientists have warned. In an open ...

This opinion article (BMJ 2024;387:q2791, doi:10.1136/bmj.q2791) contained an error in the sentence, “A measles outbreak the following year infected an estimated 57 ...