Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has paid tribute to two of its aid workers, Abed El Hameed Qaradaya and Omar Hayek, who were among the latest health workers to be killed in Gaza. Qaradaya (fig 1), a ...

Further industrial action by NHS doctors could be on the horizon after foundation year 1 (FY1) doctors voted overwhelmingly to take strike action. The BMA announced on 6 October that a vast majority ...

One in five adults are still consuming tobacco and more than 100 million people are vaping as the industry targets young people to offset falling numbers of smokers, the World Health Organization has ...

Two hours into the beautiful drive through mid-Wales to the Machynlleth Comedy Festival, my friend James and I got onto a serious topic of conversation—diaries. While James has stuck to his faithful ...

The row about online access to GP services continues.1 In April it was agreed that GPs would keep online portals open in their core hours, but a six month delay was put in place. This was so that NHS ...

Dimitris Tsitsikas was born in Greece in 1971, trained at the University of Athens Medical School, and qualified in 1998. He undertook his haematology training with the Barts and Royal London rotation ...

Jeremy was born a wartime London evacuee in Arundel, West Sussex. After Tonbridge School he studied medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital, London. After graduating he did ...

We need to put humans and the environment before corporate profits, writes Bethanie Carney Almroth Plastics have become a concern at the forefront of public environmental awareness campaigns and in ...

Plans are based on credibility the Trump administration does not have Just before the 2025 UN General Assembly, US secretary of state Marco Rubio released the America First Global Health Strategy .1 ...

Australia’s drug regulator has issued a safety warning about imported unregistered melatonin gummies, many of which contain far more of the hormone than labelled.1 Testing by the Australian drug ...

Medical community must play its part in ending atrocities In 2000, JAMA published a commentary by Willis and Levy calling for action to ensure recognition of the public health impact of genocide.1 The ...

My trust has opened a brand new operating theatre complex. I’m pleasantly surprised by how much an updated environment and a fresh start have created new ways of working. It feels as though the new ...