Thick smoke from Canadian wildfires has blanketed Toronto, Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, and Washington, DC, in July. At points, Detroit, Toronto, and other North American cities ranked ...

The inventor of an unusual surgical treatment for Alzheimer’s disease is languishing in Chinese detention while his idea gains traction overseas. Felicity Nelson reports An expensive and recently ...

Manchester shows that real change in the social determinants of health is possible, write Michael Marmot and Jessica Allen Andy Burnham, the new prime minister, faces considerable challenges, but ...

The UK’s statistics watchdog has warned NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care over their claims about the benefits of Palantir’s federated data platform (FDP).1 The Office for ...

Medical students face official accusations of “unprofessionalism” to manage dissent or in retaliation for providing feedback about their education, a report warns. Students shared how they had been ...

Police are investigating the NHS mental health trust that provided care to the triple killer Valdo Calocane for corporate manslaughter. Calocane, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, ...

UK government proposals are unlikely to benefit those who need it most In March 2026, the UK government launched action plans that require large employers to publish their approach to supporting ...

Accelerated rollout of AI should be matched by transparent, credible evaluation, supported by the right infrastructure NHS England’s announcement of an accelerated rollout of AI1 promises a beguiling ...

Game changing” new tests may speed up diagnosis Two non-invasive tests can now be used to speed up the diagnosis of endometriosis in primary care while further evidence of their accuracy is collected, ...

A former doctor who went on the run in the US more than 20 years ago during his trial for sexual assault has been arrested on board his sailboat off the New Jersey coast, US authorities have said.1 ...

What you need to know Around one in six people experience health related infertility globally and in England,12 which can have a profound psychological impact on individuals and couples.3 Both female ...

Healthcare systems must respond to the harms of image based sexual abuse, writes Stephanie Fohring Growing awareness of online misogyny has converged with an explosion of AI driven digital violence ...