Few treatments have revolutionised care for people with chronic inflammatory disorders more than biologic and small molecule ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an increasingly understood disease, with the genetics and pathophysiology mapped out to the extent that new therapies are emerging.1 The epidemiology, however, ...

Locally advanced cervical cancer remains a substantial source of mortality, particularly in low-resource settings.1 ...

The case of avian influenza A (H5) confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Missouri, USA, on Sept 6, 2024,1 has reignited concerns about the risk of human contagion and the need ...

Cholera is a waterborne disease caused by Vibrio cholerae bacteria of the serogroups 01 and 139, usually occurring due to inadequate access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene. This ...

In 2013, 9-year-old Ella Roberta Adoo Kissi Debrah died following a severe asthma attack. Soon after, her family began to ...

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH), a rare condition that affects about one in 300 000 individuals worldwide, ...

Discerning the motivation or intention behind people's actions is a fundamental part of much psychiatric investigation. When ...

Health is political. This is what many practitioners of public and clinical health believe. Health and health policy are ...

On Sept 27, 2024, Rwanda's Ministry of Health confirmed the nation's first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. As of Oct 14, 2024, there have been 62 reported cases and 15 deaths from the virus, ...

Self-harm is complicated. The term can encompass any number of different behaviours, carried out with varied, often opaque, ...

Our findings suggest that multiple monkeypox virus strains are co-circulating in the human population, highlighting the need for implementation of expanded mpox surveillance, especially in countries ...