New restrictions and safety checks on online pharmacies that prescribing high risk drugs, such as the weight loss drugs semaglutide and tirzepatide, could have a “significant” impact on GPs’ workload, ...

Responsibility for commissioning all vaccination services and most screening services will move from NHS England to integrated care boards (ICBs) from 1 April 2026, NHS England has confirmed. The plan ...

John Webb was a masterly technical surgeon and pioneer cytologist. In an era when a lump in the breast presaged uncertain frozen section biopsy and mastectomy, Webb mastered fine needle aspiration and ...

Imran was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and later moved with his family to Karachi, where he grew up as one of six siblings. From modest beginnings, his exceptional academic achievements earnt him a place ...

Martin and colleagues articulate so clearly what many GPs, like me, feel.1 The pendulum in primary care has swung so far towards health promotion and illness prevention that those with acute, subacute ...

It’s been a disturbing couple of weeks in the United States for scientists, public health workers, and healthcare providers. In January, shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President and ...

What you need to know Measles is caused by Morbillivirus hominis , a member of the Paramyxoviridae family (which includes mumps, parainfluenza, and Nipah viruses).1 Spread is airborne through aerosol ...

A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

Government tightening of regulations on charities and non-governmental organisations receiving foreign funding is having a devastating effect on India’s public health landscape. Charu Bahri reports In ...

Ringfenced surgery comes with funding, staffing, and ethical considerations With long waiting lists in the NHS, the UK needs innovation to tackle a backlog of surgical cases.1 One solution is surgical ...

Campaigners have criticised the UK government for not allowing any severely injured children from Gaza to be medically evacuated to the UK, despite calls from doctors, humanitarian organisations, and ...

Professor of primary care and public health Azeem Majeed talks to Carla Delgado about his passion for tackling health inequalities through data As a medical student, Azeem Majeed didn’t think he would ...