In 2022, an estimated 11·7 million people were affected by chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), accounting for 23% of the global burden.1 This ...

Often overlooked as a dimension of the health effects of war, the impacts of conflict on the environment are gaining increasing attention. Rebecca Sers reports.

Study offers an important advancement in understanding symptom dynamics during the menopause transition, particularly by challenging the dominance of menstrual-based staging. Although criteria such as ...

Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to ...

Management of Crohn's disease is being transformed. A new head-to-head trial published in The Lancet shows superiority of ...

A 3-hour film about mortality and familial atomisation in modern-day Germany, Dying is, if nothing else, bold ...

We thank Sara Osborne and colleagues for their interest in our trial.1 Ligelizumab phase 3 studies in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)1 were done with a study design and in ...

Global health financing is undergoing a sudden and monumental shift. After a start to the 21st century that saw unprecedented ...

Global health systems research has long relied on state-centric frameworks, assigning governance roles primarily to national ...

Chikungunya virus disease, a debilitating mosquito-borne (Aedes spp) illness caused by an alphavirus, chikungunya virus, is usually endemic in regions with tropical climates.1 Since the beginning of ...

Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience ...

We are witnessing a cascade of global crises on every front. War and devastation in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, and forgotten conflicts elsewhere that are rarely acknowledged. Climate-related disasters ...