For decades, we have witnessed steady growth in the prevalence of overweight and obesity throughout the world. In some ...

In December, 2024, after more than 50 years in power in Syria, the regime of the Assad family was swept away. This dramatic ...

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rising globally, with a disproportionate impact on individuals in low-income and ...

The Comment by Patricia J García and colleagues,1 calling for the creation of a new health agency for Latin America, pays no justice to the role of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). For ...

Trust is an implicit cornerstone of global health. Trust between nations, organisations, health-care providers, and ...

Feb 27, 2025, marks the 20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) coming into force. This legally binding international treaty, the first negotiated by WHO, rapidly ...

Since the existence of the oligometastatic disease state was posited three decades ago,1 there has been interest in ...

What does it mean for a computer to think like a doctor? This question has vexed physicians working on clinical reasoning artificial intelligence (AI) for more than 70 years. The first generation of ...

Respiratory physician and pioneer in adolescent health. Born on Nov 2, 1948, in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, he died there from ...

HER2 (also known as ERBB2) is a key oncogene in breast cancer and is found in 2–4% of patients with non-small-cell lung ...

As World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, 2025, approaches, global health authorities yet again find themselves at a crucial juncture in efforts to tackle the continuing global emergency of tuberculosis.

A 34-year-old woman with a 2-year history of progressively worsening difficulties in walking, eating and swallowing, ...