The graphical data, whilst confirming that the 'flu season started earlier this year, are reassuring, and contradict Chris Baraniuk's headline suggestion that "cases ...

The former CDC director tells The BMJ why he’s optimistic despite the chaos at his former agency and why primary care—and ...

Flu has come early this year—and cases are rocketing. Chris Baraniuk explains what’s making this season so exceptional ...

Medical leaders have urged the BMA to suspend advice stating that doctors do not need to tell their employer if they plan to strike. Ahead of next week’s five day walkout by resident doctors in ...

My father Robert—Bob to those who knew him—was born in Romford, Essex, in 1948. He took his O and A levels at Brentwood School; he was placed in the medical stream but enjoyed playing football for the ...

Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights means confronting problems that are inherently social and political, say Rajat Khosla and colleagues Global health stands at a crossroads. The ...

A “senseless” triple drone strike on children and health workers in southern Sudan has killed 114 people and injured 35, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported. The attack, launched on 5 ...

The number of children dying before the age of 5 is expected to rise this year for the first time in a quarter of a century as cuts to international health funding bite, a report by the Gates ...

Women are receiving poor standards of basic care in maternity services across England, while staff are receiving death threats, a rapid review into the system has found.1 The national investigation ...

A new safety signal system for maternity services that aims to spot potential emergency safety issues more quickly has been launched by NHS England. The Maternity Outcomes Signal System (MOSS)1 ...

The NHS’s plan for recovering dental services will require a coordinated, comprehensive data ecosystem, write Kristina Wanyonyi-Kay , Ben Goldacre , and Mary Dixon-Woods An overlooked feature of the ...

A nurse suspended from work after objecting to a transgender doctor using a female changing room was harassed by the NHS Fife health board but was not discriminated against or victimised, an ...