Gillian Leng’s review set out recommendations for how physician assistants should be used in the NHS. Matthew Limb examines ...

Resident doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly to extend their mandate for strike action over pay and jobs for another six months. Some 93% of resident doctors who voted in a ballot voted in ...

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s “cherrypicked” appointees to a federal autism committee have sparked alarm among autism advocates and experts. On 28 January 2026, the US health secretary named 21 new members to ...

The US government will withhold funding to Gavi, the global vaccine alliance, until it stops using vaccines containing thiomersal (known as thimerosal in the US), a preservative containing mercury, ...

Médecins Sans Frontières is to be banned from operating in the Gaza Strip and West Bank after reversing its decision to share details of its Palestinian staff with Israel. The reversal followed a ...

An analysis of 15 commercially available tattoo inks in Australia has found levels of metals and carcinogens, including arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and toluidine, far above European limits. The ...

Drew asks about the definition of an undifferentiated patient in the context of anaesthesia.1 The working definition of an undifferentiated patient in my independent review of physician and ...

This moment demands more innovative communication strategies to build trust, address fears shaped by politicized rhetoric, and reinforce the strong evidence supporting routine childhood immunization.