Non-inferiority trials are a valuable type of clinical trial to evaluate new treatments that might have differing benefits. Such trials are increasingly used, but have methodological challenges in ...

Sometimes the story can be told in statistics. India accounts for 13% of the global population, yet it accounts for 42% of global asthma mortality. Around 35 million Indians are thought to be living ...

Antipsychotic medicines are a key part of the pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia. Although they provide therapeutic ...

Resolutions adopted by the World Health Assembly represent the highest level of political commitment in global health. Endorsed by Ministers of Health from WHO Member States, these resolutions signal ...

US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the global HIV response has entered a second year of structural ...

The addition of hormone therapy to radiotherapy improves overall survival in men with high-risk prostate cancer, over ...

Malaysia has a new national plan to tackle cancer, tuberculosis, and chronic respiratory conditions in a single approach. Jacqui Thornton reports.

While researchers gain new insights into the transmission of Buruli ulcer in Australia, public health specialists in Africa are working to engage traditional healers. Sophie Cousins reports.

In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out a plan ...

Human pluripotent stem-cells (HPSCs)—including human embryonic stem-cells and human induced pluripotent stem-cells—are reshaping the landscape of regenerative medicine.1,2 In Parkinson's disease, ...

A series of Mondays in 2025 saw me carry a box of creative writing prompts, balanced like a baby on my hip, and push one palm ...

In 2021, an estimated 6·3 million people were trafficked for sexual exploitation.1 Survivors experience profound sexual and reproductive health consequences, including sexual dysfunction, ...