A United Nations agency has urged the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to lower the price of the long acting antiviral treatment lenacapavir following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s ...

John was born in Chingford, east London, but was evacuated to Wales during the second world war. He played rugby for the Welsh schoolboys and Pontypool, scoring a try at Twickenham. After completing ...

Three NHS workers are taking legal action against Barts Health NHS Trust in London over its new uniform and dress code policy and ban on displaying political symbols. They include a British ...

Salisbury discusses the structural tensions in general practice around the outsourced diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),1 but the issue demands a deeper historical and ...

Defining responsibilities for clinical information Over 100 AI scribe products are being marketed to healthcare services internationally.1234 Industry predictions speculate that up to 30% of ...

A retired GP and climate activist has been suspended for a second time from the UK medical register, this time for the maximum period of 12 months. Sarah Benn was suspended for five months in April ...

Choice of statistical models and data integrity are vital A BMJ investigation by Doshi (doi:10.1136/bmj.r1201)1raises concerns about the integrity of two randomised trials with surrogate endpoints ...

The price of prescription drugs is too high. This is a global problem on which we can agree with Donald Trump. This week the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) refused to ...

Persistent neglect of sickle cell disorder in the UK has led to a “breakdown in trust” among patients who continue to experience racism and substandard treatment, research has found. The NHS Race and ...

The UK government must intensify its efforts to tackle the preventable public health impact of air pollution amid growing evidence about the harmful effects of toxic air, the Royal College of ...

The NHS is increasingly exposed to the impacts of extreme heat, but is dangerously unequipped to adapt, an alliance representing more than one million UK health professionals has warned.1 The UK ...

A Syrian doctor working in Germany has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Frankfurt court after being found guilty of murder, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. Alaa Moussa, 40, was ...