WHO’s pandemic treaty is an attempt to learn from our past successes and failures, but it falls short in several areas. With key revisions, the pandemic treaty could be an accord that fosters ...

UK doctors who have returned from Gaza have described the situation as “absolutely dire,” recalling blood soaked beds, emaciated colleagues and patients, and doctors forced to perform brain surgery on ...

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disorder of gut-brain interaction that impacts a significant portion of the population and is associated with substantial morbidity, reduced quality of life ...

How we train future clinicians has the potential to radically and sustainably improve healthcare for everyone. Current medical education has an overt biomedical focus that does not engage enough on ...

New guidance aims to improve consistency, reporting, and respect for people who have died before publication of their work Preparing academic work for publication can be a lengthy process.

Chamber music can spur us to reflect on the experience of families and friends when a patient dies—but also to celebrate and grieve for loved ones of our own, says Desmond O’Neill To grieve is not ...

Paediatric units are operating with an average 20% shortfall of resident doctors and trainees on shifts, according to a report from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).1 These ...

Evidence based guidelines work but are not universally applied Publication of the House of Lords’ report Preterm Birth: Reducing Risks and Improving Lives 1 coincides with the realisation that the UK ...