Growing evidence shows how climate change is negatively affecting children’s health and wellbeing throughout the life course. Children who were aged 10 or younger in 2020 will live in a much hotter ...

The Italian government has moved to impose tougher measures against people who attack healthcare staff in hospitals in response to a recent surge in violent incidents. A decree passed on 3 October1 is ...

When the Mildmay Mission Hospital in east London began accepting patients with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s little was known about the disease. Diagnosis was a certain death sentence and there was no ...

A doctor who became close friends with Lucy Letby when they worked together was “misled and maybe manipulated” by the nurse, he told the public inquiry into her crimes. Named only as Dr U, he was the ...

GPs in England are being urged to review their repeat prescribing systems to ensure that they are safe and efficient—the first such guidance issued for 20 years. The Royal College of General ...

The UK government has announced £11m in funding for six projects aimed at increasing early cancer diagnosis, including a blood test that promises to detect 12 common cancers. Mionco is a multi-cancer ...