The incidence of paediatric cancers has been difficult to assess, due both to the nature of these cancers and to inadequate data availability. Globally, only 21% of the population lives in areas with ...

Sleep is often framed as a universal biological necessity, yet there is no universally accepted definition of sleep health. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (hereafter respectfully ...

Every 1% increase in military spending drives a 0·62% reduction in public health spending.1 This trade-off is more intense in low-income countries, where a 1% increase in military spending results in ...

The March, 2026, decision by the French drug regulatory agency to approve intravenous racemic ketamine for the treatment of adult severe suicidal crisis1 represents a major step forward in the ...

Since 2020, there has been a marked uptick in articles focused on links between cancer and climate change.1 As documented by a 2025 bibliometric analysis,1 major foci include: “climate change and ...

These findings reveal distinct age- and sex-specific patterns in the burden of modifiable risk factors in contemporary Koreans. Tailored prevention strategies that reflect national epidemiological ...

Fistula is common in Somalia but stigma and lack of care means that many women continue to face shame and barriers to treatment. Clotilde Bigot reports.

The World Bank classification of low-income, middle-income, and high-income country groups, that uses gross national income per capita, shapes financing, research priorities, and political narratives.

Unprotected left main coronary artery disease is one of the most studied anatomical subsets in coronary revascularisation. Current guidelines from the USA and Europe endorse coronary artery bypass ...

The spring morning in 2026 was not the first time I had seen Tracey Emin's 1995 work Why I Never Became a Dancer but it was the first time it made me cry. The short 7-minute film tells the story of ...

The death of a child has profound and lasting emotional consequences for families, underscoring the importance of improving survival for children with cancer. According to the CONCORD-4 study, ...

We thank Katrin Milger and colleagues for their thoughtful comments on our Series paper on anti-cytokine biologics for severe asthma.1 We agree that blood eosinophils should not be used in isolation ...