Shoulder dystocia is a rare but potentially serious obstetric emergency. Although many cases of shoulder dystocia are mild, ...

Additional disaster exposures were associated with greater declines in mental health and shifts in some risk factors.

The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for Somalia (January–March, 2025) shows a sharp rise in food insecurity and malnutrition.1 About 3·4 million people are ...

For decades, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been vital in combating HIV across the Asia–Pacific region, where nearly 7 million people live with the virus amid persistent ...

The United States Congress has proposed cuts to Medicaid, reversing the Affordable Care Act expansion.1 These cuts could increase mortality and financial hardship for enrollees while straining ...

Although the definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has undergone numerous revisions aimed at enhancing its ...

WHO has summarised its commitment to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) with the UHC cube diagram,1,2 a globally recognised ...

In 2021, 529 million people were living with diabetes worldwide, and an estimated 1·31 billion individuals are projected to ...

After decades of war, Syria transitioned to a new Government at the end of 2024, creating opportunities to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, including its mental health system.

The pursuit of rigorous medical science is not compatible with capitulation to government demands aimed at weaponising and eroding science. On April 14, Edwin R Martin Jr, the Trump-appointed interim ...

The emerging crisis in eastern DR Congo and especially around the city of Goma, in the province of North Kivu, has worrying implications for cholera in the region. The area around Goma has been ...

The recent escalation of US trade policies, characterised by steep tariff increases on imports from China and other nations,1 threatens to destabilise not only global supply chains but also public ...