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 ...

Emergency department overcrowding and access block are now among the most consequential patient-safety problems facing acute hospitals globally.1 The associated harm is measurable, dose-dependent, and ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, and functional diarrhoea are disorders of gut–brain interaction, the symptoms ...

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 ...

Sickle cell disease is the most common haemoglobinopathy, affecting more than 7 million people worldwide.1 Despite ...

In its 10th year, the Lancet Countdown’s findings are stark: real progress in clean energy, adaptation, and evidence is being ...