More than 1000 cases of measles have been confirmed across 31 US states this year—while the World Health Organization highlighted a 20% rise in global incidence between 2022 and 2023. The US is facing its largest outbreak in two decades. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that up to 16 May 1024 infections have been confirmed, up from 285 for the whole of 2023.1 The last time so many cases were …
For the past five years I’ve taught medical ethics to clinicians who are facing disciplinary action. Some are under investigation by their employer or regulator,…
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the state of Tennessee can continue to ban transgender care for young people. Although Tennessee is the only…
Objective To examine and quantify the potential dose-response relation between intake of total, animal, and plant protein and the risk of mortality from all causes,…
Children who develop addictive use of digital technology have up to twice the risk of developing suicidal behaviour within four years compared with those who…
The price of prescription drugs is too high. This is a global problem on which we can agree with Donald Trump. This week the UK’s…
A United Nations agency has urged the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to lower the price of the long acting antiviral treatment lenacapavir following the US…
Three NHS workers are taking legal action against Barts Health NHS Trust in London over its new uniform and dress code policy and ban on…
Hearing a patient’s story in their own words has changed our working culture, write Pietro Majno-Hurst and colleagues For the past four years we have…
For the past five years I’ve taught medical ethics to clinicians who are facing disciplinary action. Some are under investigation by their employer or regulator,…
As generic versions of AstraZeneca’s blockbuster drug ticagrelor prepare to enter the market, The BMJ raises fresh concerns over the integrity of the clinical trials…
