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.

Influential health policy expert who focused on women's health. Born on Nov 5, 1958, in Jacksonville, FL, USA, she died of ...

As an autistic adult, even the word meltdown is humiliating. A shameful part of my past, no longer relevant to a senior doctor, or so I would like to think. And yet the reality is different. Some 2 ...

Programmes to build a more representative US health-care workforce are under attack, despite the long-standing under-representation of health-care providers from racially and ethnically minoritised ...

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

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 ...

For many reasons, including sensitivity and stigma surrounding the locations of these cancers, gynaecological cancers are ...

Funding cuts threaten support for victims, while several countries are withdrawing from a treaty that bans the use of indiscriminate weapons such as mines. John Zarocostas reports.

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 ...

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 ...

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