Glasgow GP Muhammad Kausar wrote poetry as a way of coming to terms with his life as a migrant. On the one hand, he considered himself fortunate to have been able to build a life and a career far from ...

A world first gonorrhoea vaccine is being rolled out from today in England with the aim of reducing soaring cases and saving millions of pounds for the NHS. The programme will see local authority ...

Falling vaccination rates and rising cases have raised concerns about the re-emergence of one of the world’s most contagious diseases. Kate Bowie examines whether current guidance needs revisiting The ...

The French government has been urged to stop US plans to destroy $9.7m (£7.4m; €8.4m) worth of contraceptives bought for foreign aid programmes funded by Biden-era contracts. The Trump administration ...

Caution is needed until the harms are better understood Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists have emerged as a promising treatment for obesity and diabetes. Over the past few years, ...

Doctors at all career stages struggle with imposter syndrome. Elisabeth Mahase hears how they tackle it Precious Oluwaniyi, 4th year medical student, says, “Unfortunately, imposter syndrome is ...

The “publish or perish” doctrine has been responsible, at least in part, for many deleterious effects on academic practice. Many proposals have been made, outlining methods that might help mitigate ...

No one would have expected to witness the scale and intensity of starvation that we are seeing in Gaza. In the 1970s, pioneer emergency nutritionists described the difference between an acute food ...

A senior official at the US Food and Drug Administration has suddenly resigned after only three months in the job. Vinay Prasad’s departure followed controversy over a treatment for Duchenne muscular ...

The US Senate confirmed Susan Monarez as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 29 July, with all Republicans voting in favour and all Democrats voting against her ...

Four universities have suspended or closed their physician associate (PA) programmes in the wake of the Gillian Leng’s review of medical associates and dwindling “opportunities” for students, The BMJ ...

A major inquiry published in 2021 highlighted substandard care and poor awareness of sickle cell disease among health professionals. Carla Delgado explores whether things have improved for patients In ...