In 2009, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed the science-rooted Endangerment Finding, stating that greenhouse gases “threaten the public health and welfare of current and future ...

Countries are cutting funding and focusing more on regional efforts to deter migration rather than humanitarian relief.

Recent budget cuts to organisations central to US and international health—for example, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease ...

Although there is wide variation in the cause, location, and characteristics of chronic wounds, collectively, chronic wounds ...

Just over a decade ago, the World Health Assembly unanimously resolved that palliative care is an ethical responsibility of health systems; however, access to palliative care remains abysmal in ...

It's done. You’ve had it.” My partner is grinning widely. I open my eyes but have no clue where I am. He tells me I had a ...

In December, 2021, all 194 Member States of WHO decided to establish the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement, or other international instrument on ...

The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health1 assesses global progress ...

Gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, remains a major public health threat ...

Rape is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan, where there is a shortage of health services. Sharmila Devi reports.

Sustainable advances in Lung Health in a Changing Climate was the theme of the TSANZSRS annual meeting held in Adelaide, SA, ...

In The Lancet, we present a concerning picture of progress in improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and ...