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A controversial Israel and US backed organisation, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), says it has begun to distribute an unspecified amount of aid in Gaza, despite its executive director resigning ...
History is written in real time. But with figures such as Donald Trump and Elon Musk casting themselves as main characters in some dystopian blockbuster, it feels more surreal than ever. Their ...
Owen Davies/Getty A striking installation of 10 venomous snakes has taken over Geneva this month, during the World Health Assembly, including this one, called Bitten Twice , created in the colours of ...
The seventh module of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry is focusing on the “test, trace, and isolate” system. Adrian O’Dowd and Gareth Iacobucci summarise the latest developments The former health secretary ...
US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and officials from departments for agriculture, housing, and urban development, as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, have set out their ...
A new round of industrial action to protest over doctors’ pay in England is being considered, with the BMA starting to issue ballot papers to its resident doctor members. The BMA is asking them to ...
McCartney says that doctors shouldn’t be “prescribing” parkrun.1 Let’s not get caught up in the terminology, although perhaps the expression “community referral” might be more appropriate in some ...
Doctors sometimes feel criticised or attacked by their colleagues. Tom Moberly hears advice on what to do when this happens Sara Sreih, medicolegal consultant at the Medical Protection Society, says, ...
Richard Lilford and colleagues argue that the UK government’s plans to use performance metrics to reward or punish hospitals risk doing more harm than good Healthcare consumes a lot of resources and ...
Inclusion of polygenic risk scores could improve outcomes Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and is highly heritable. Despite its prevalence, there is no agreed international population ...
Technology can support personalised care Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity (40%) and mortality in China.1 The increasing incidence of risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, ...
On 23 March 2025, the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition in a US bankruptcy court.1 The objective of this bankruptcy is to sell the company ...