Earlier this year, Jarno Habicht, the WHO Representative in Ukraine, described the situation there as a “humanitarian crisis ...

In The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Yair Zloof and colleagues1 show that obesity in otherwise healthy adolescents was ...

Demand for mental health services exceeds available resources globally, and access to diagnosis and evidence-based treatment ...

The G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro on Nov 18–19 will address global health, but uncertainty over multilateralism under a new US President looms large. John Zarocostas reports.

Donald Trump's decisive re-election as US President on Nov 5 puts many aspects of health and science in a deeply concerning position. Although there is broader alarm about his openly authoritarian ...

For decades, researchers from all obesity-related disciplines have been observing the escalating prevalence of people living ...

The world's first self-amplifying mRNA vaccine, or replicon vaccine, was administered in Japan to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection.1 Similar to other infodemics related to COVID-19 vaccines,2 ...

Every year more than 10 million people die unnecessarily from consuming tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages.1 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises constraining fiscal space, ...

In relation to the Review on hypopituitarism by Maria Fleseriu and colleagues,1 we would like to raise awareness about Nakalanga syndrome, a poorly understood condition most likely caused by ...

Digital technologies have the potential to play a crucial role in combating this pressing global health issue. This Series in The Lancet Digital Health features three papers discussing the latest ...

Nov 18–24 marks World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, a global initiative aimed at increasing awareness and ...

We fully endorse the Editorial1 on the negative opinion of the European Medicines Agency of the use of lecanemab for the treatment of early Alzheimer's disease. Investigators from the European ...