UK law is currently failing people who are terminally ill and must be changed to give people autonomy and allow “dignity in their dying days,” the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has said. Speaking to The ...

Drummond Rennie, a British-American nephrologist turned legendary medical editor who devoted his career to championing scientific literature and peer review, has died in Oregon aged 89. Rennie, who ...

Mahase quotes her colleague’s experience at work related to their hearing impairment.1 The story is very similar to those of the many trainee healthcare professionals and NHS employees with deafness ...

US aid cuts have dominated headlines, but the UK’s contributions are also reducing substantially. Rebecca L Root looks at the potential consequences, including disease resurgence and loss of life, ...

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and senior Israeli officials, including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, are responsible for inciting the acts, a UN commission has concluded. Among the ...

We can’t rely on large datasets and apps alone to give everyone a voice in health care: local support and action is equally important, write Chris Graham and Angela Coulter The NHS 10 year health plan ...

July’s 10 year plan for the NHS in England, Fit for the Future ,1 contained a dizzying number of ambitions and initiatives couched in bold rhetoric, unaccompanied by any chapter on their practical ...

David Isaacs was considered the father of paediatric infectious diseases in Australia and New Zealand12 but he is probably best known in his adopted country for speaking out about the detention of ...

The NHS 10 year plan announced an investment of £120m to develop “mental health emergency departments.”1 Before the plan’s publication, Downs expressed reservations in The BMJ about the unintended ...

The rollout of antiretroviral therapy for HIV showed how global solidarity and smart policy can overcome barriers to new treatments, say Jirair Ratevosian and Jeffrey L Sturchio The arrival of ...

Contradictory statements suggesting the US incinerated $9.7m (£7.4m; €8.4m) worth of contraceptives intended mostly for low income countries in Africa have sparked anger and confusion. The New York ...

Downs raises concerns about NHS plans to open specialist centres for patients in mental health crisis to use instead of the emergency department.1 As a doctor, I think the initiative is commendable.2 ...