An infant with a rare genetic condition made headlines last week after successfully receiving personalised CRISPR therapy. Jacqui Wise summarises what we know so far about the breakthrough US doctors ...

World Health Assembly in 2025 presents a renewed opportunity The World Health Organization’s latest estimates on trends and causes of maternal mortality are sobering.12 Despite decades of ...

MPs considering a bill to introduce assisted dying laws in England and Wales are at odds over whether doctors should be allowed to raise the option with a terminally ill patient or should have to wait ...

Goodyear and colleagues argue that smartphone and social media regulation must go beyond bans.1 As a GP, I have noticed that mental health consultations with teenagers are on the rise. Depression, ...

What you need to know Gonorrhoea is of increasing concern for global sexual health. Continued stigmatisation of sexual health, particularly for those in marginalised communities, contributes to ...

If you take a sick child from its parents or nurse you break its heart immediately,” wrote physician George Armstrong in 1792. Mary Lindsay took these words to heart and throughout her seven decades ...

Scrap means testing for personal care and regulate care home charges The care home market in the UK is characterised by rising fees, inadequate capacity, and deteriorating care standards.12345 As ...

US president Donald Trump has nominated a new surgeon general after abruptly withdrawing his first selection, Janette Nesheiwat, after questions about her credentials and her support for masking ...

After more than 20 years of steady decline, cardiovascular deaths in working age adults are increasing. Sophie Borland looks at what’s causing this trend and how to reverse it Just a decade ago ...

Consultant anaesthetist Mary Doherty talks to Kathy Oxtoby about being autistic and being a doctor *Print headline* Role model: Mary Doherty When Mary Doherty was diagnosed as autistic in 2013, in her ...

Obesity remains defined by the flawed metric at the heart of its diagnosis—BMI. Carla Delgado reports on the fresh attempts to move away from this, as weight loss drugs usher in a new age for the ...

The World Health Organization’s pandemic agreement represents a powerful commitment to global health and security, writes Nina Schwalbe In April in Geneva, as the US withdrew from engagement in global ...