Government plans to modernise the NHS and streamline the number of organisations that allow patients’ views to be heard have ...

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that the legal heirs of a deceased doctor accused of medical negligence may be sued to ...

Martin Makary has resigned as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration. Makary’s temporary replacement at the FDA ...

World Health Organization (WHO) member states have failed to agree on a fundamental part of the pandemic accord ahead of next ...

Babies born to women with endometriosis have a slightly higher risk of having a congenital anomaly such as cleft palate than ...

Araya Gautum describes the pain and disruption of polycystic ovary syndrome, and how broader questions from healthcare professionals could help I was 15 when my periods began, and with them came pain ...

Switching to an oral treatment may reduce the weight gain commonly seen when patients stop treatment with injectable glucagon ...

British Ministry of Defence /AP A UK army medic and nurse were among a team that parachuted onto the south Atlantic territory ...

Long waits, overcrowding, and corridor care in emergency departments where staff are spread too thinly pose major risks to ...

The UK’s surveillance system is limited by data that are fragmented, difficult and slow to access, and of variable quality, ...

Medicine’s growing understanding of neurodiversity has been one of its most important shifts in recent years. Where ...

Deaths caused by alcohol have fallen for the first time in the UK since the covid pandemic, official figures have shown. Data ...