Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to influence global health. Sima Barmania reports.

Often overlooked as a dimension of the health effects of war, the impacts of conflict on the environment are gaining increasing attention. Rebecca Sers reports.

A 3-hour film about mortality and familial atomisation in modern-day Germany, Dying is, if nothing else, bold ...

Management of Crohn's disease is being transformed. A new head-to-head trial published in The Lancet shows superiority of ...

Global health systems research has long relied on state-centric frameworks, assigning governance roles primarily to national ...

In 2022, an estimated 11·7 million people were affected by chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), accounting for 23% of the global burden.1 This ...

Study offers an important advancement in understanding symptom dynamics during the menopause transition, particularly by challenging the dominance of menstrual-based staging. Although criteria such as ...

Global health financing is undergoing a sudden and monumental shift. After a start to the 21st century that saw unprecedented ...

Substantial resources directed to development assistance for health1 together with other forms of investments in health have ...

We are witnessing a cascade of global crises on every front. War and devastation in Gaza, Sudan, and Ukraine, and forgotten conflicts elsewhere that are rarely acknowledged. Climate-related disasters ...

We thank Sara Osborne and colleagues for their interest in our trial.1 Ligelizumab phase 3 studies in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU)1 were done with a study design and in ...

Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience ...