How does a fragile body exist in a sick society? French author Michel Houellebecq has long displayed a fascination with medicine, the body, and death. Regarded by many as literature's enfant terrible ...

It's done. You’ve had it.” My partner is grinning widely. I open my eyes but have no clue where I am. He tells me I had a double lung transplant and I am in the intensive care unit. At first, I am ...

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has faced significant funding cuts under the current administration. In March 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of USAID ...

The retrospective observational study reported by Emile Malembi and colleagues in The Lancet1 provides a comprehensive clinical description of mpox cases caused by ongoing outbreaks in the DR Congo, ...

In The Lancet, we present a concerning picture of progress in improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and ...

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health1 assesses global progress ...

bWHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China Pandemic ...

aNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA bNational Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA Drug ...

Dust and sand storms, including the fast-moving, towering walls of particulate matter and debris known as “haboobs”, are ...

Since the beginning of 2025, the USA has reported a rise in the number of measles cases, with 607 confirmed infections across multiple states, as of April 3, 2025.1 Notably, 97% of these cases are ...

Inflammatory markers play a pivotal role in phenotyping asthma, assessing risks, and tailoring personalised therapeutic strategies, particularly in asthma associated with allergic sensitisation ...

PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), a landmark US foreign health policy, is recognised for saving 26 million ...