Level Meeting (HLM) on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NCDs), which will be held on Sept 25, 2025 in New York, NY ...

Around the world, some 16 billion plastic syringes and 15 billion face masks are thrown away each year.1,2 Unknown in the first half of the 20th century, the global production, circulation, and ...

We welcome the Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Commission on the future of neonatology, calling for much needed attention to ...

Non-valvular atrial fibrillation accounts for 13–26% of acute ischaemic strokes.1 Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are ...

On May 6, 2025, the Global Initiative For Asthma (GINA) published the 2025 update to their Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention guidance report. Chair of the GINA Dissemination Working ...

Considered a disease of middle-aged and older adults until the late 20th century, type 2 diabetes has risen markedly ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes severe illness in millions of young children each year.1 Globally, it is estimated that over 100 000 children younger than 5 years die each year from RSV; 97% ...

Critical illness operates at the extremes of physiology, with clinicians often confronted with managing overwhelming organ failure requiring aggressive ventilation, vasoactive infusions, and, ...

Shyamali Dharmage grew up in rural Sri Lanka and was inspired to become a doctor after watching the impact of the local ...

The government hopes to alleviate the shortage of physicians in rural areas and parts of the country that regularly come under Russian attack. Ed Holt reports.

Neonatology matters. In high-income settings, one in ten babies will receive neonatal care1 and worldwide, one in ten births ...

The Lies We've Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us sets out her hope of living to the age of 100 years in good health ...