Afghanistan has reported twice as many polio cases than in 2025, prompting concern over the Taliban's vaccination policies. Samaan Lateef reports.

Many men are failing to thrive. Shorter life expectancies for men than for woman first emerged in the 19th century and the gap has continued to widen (albeit with geographical variations). Men have a ...

On my tenth visit, it took me two attempts to find the care and treatment centre (CTC) for people living with HIV/AIDS in Miono, Tanzania. The one-storey white building, where patients used to sit ...

With an opportunity to overturn Republican control of Congress, Democrats hope to win voters’ support by focusing on cuts to health-care programmes. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.

Jim Catto, co-leading author of the Lancet Series on men's health, was reluctant to be the subject of a profile, insisting it is more important to highlight what he is trying to accomplish: tackling ...

The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change celebrated its tenth anniversary this week. The Countdown was preceded by two Lancet Commissions that sought to mobilise multiple disciplines within ...

A patient in France has died from the infection, which normally affects cattle. Virologists say the wider risk to public health is low. Marianne Guenot reports.

We read with great interest the comprehensive registry-based cohort study by Ali Bazarbachi and colleagues,1 which evaluated the temporal trends in post-transplantation outcomes for patients with ...

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on the present and future of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...

Obesity has become prevalent in Asian populations with rates rising in the Asia Pacific region.1 East Asian populations, ...

The report, Open Science and the Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Exchange: Policy Options for Reliable Research,1 published in October, 2026, was commissioned by the ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) imposes an enormous and unevenly distributed burden in China. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on the present and future of chronic obstructive ...