Mun-Keat Looi rounds up the latest from another tumultuous week in the US The District of Columbia and 23 US states have launched legal action against President Donald Trump’s administration after the ...

Concerted global efforts to improve maternal healthcare mean that women are far less likely to die in childbirth than they were two decades ago, a new UN report says. But agencies have warned that the ...

A UK government advisory committee has said that food and drink sweetened with non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) can help people lose a small amount of weight, contrasting with a previous conclusion from the ...

On 13 February 2025, a few hours after the US Senate confirmed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr as Secretary of Health and Human Services, President Trump issued an executive order establishing a “Make America ...

Despite blazing a trail as one of the few female medical students of her day, Rosamond Gruer did not expect to work as a doctor after she married. As a mother of four her duties were as a housewife ...

With confidence and trust in science and public health already under pressure, we must double down on transparency and public participation in policy decisions, write Liz Salmi and colleagues Since ...

There are ways to make workplaces feel more inclusive for neurodivergent colleagues, Abi Rimmer hears Catriona McVey, final year medical student, says, “Neurodivergent colleagues often bring unique ...

Experts have called for a new alcohol strategy for England as deaths from alcohol reached a record high in 2023, with the average heavy drinker now older. An analysis by the Nuffield Trust and the ...

The US Supreme Court unanimously upheld the decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reject an application for approval of flavoured liquids used in vapes, also called e-cigarettes, on 2 ...

Cutting benefits doesn’t necessarily reduce costs or move people closer to the labour market, writes Katie Pybus The debate over rising numbers of people claiming disability benefits in the United ...

The fallout from the savage cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services continues, as Mun-Keat Looi reports On 27 March the US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, abruptly announced the ...

The General Medical Council is appealing to the High Court against a decision by a medical practitioners tribunal to suspend a consultant for 12 months for a “one-off” rape of a young woman instead of ...