In the early 1980s the UK felt the blast of a new wind blowing from the US, bringing with it calls for prohibition in response to president Ronald Reagan’s war on drugs. Opposition was brewing among ...

Social media platforms have accelerated and widened the debate on research. Any science comes with uncertainties, and medical journals tend to argue that they are seeking to advance the debate on any ...

Northern Ireland will open its first specialist weight management service next year, which will provide access to obesity drugs such as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, health minister Mike ...

China has pledged to give an additional $500m (£373m; €443m) to the World Health Organization over the next five years in a move which will help to offset the loss of the organisation’s top donor, the ...

In the BBC comedy Yes Minister , Sir Arnold refers to the “law of inverse relevance,” whereby “the less you intend to do about something, the more you have to keep talking about it.” This law has ...

From August a vaccine programme to prevent gonorrhoea will be rolled out to the people at highest risk in England, making it the first country in the world to have such a programme. Although the ...

In the past decade doctors have migrated in large numbers from conflict zones in the Middle East. There are benefits, but also ethical questions. Sally Howard reports In December 2024 Ghanem Tayara, a ...

The UK needs joined up medical workforce planning Discontent is simmering in the UK about the increase in competition for postgraduate medical specialty training posts (training posts).12345 This has ...

Public health support focused on reducing risks of infant mortality is needed for vulnerable families, especially those with preterm babies, write Tilly Pillay , Kelvin Dawson , and Mike Trenell The ...

Funded maternity safety initiatives must be evaluated using robust data to improve maternity care, writes Marian Knight National guidance for Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) has recently been changed to ...

In this episode of Sharp Scratch, the panel got together to chat with TikTok sensation and A&E doctor Maddy Lucy Dann. The panel, made up of current editorial scholar George Webster, and previous ...

Disillusion and a lack of enthusiasm among medical students in Northern Ireland has “worrying implications” for its health service, the BMA has warned. The association said that students it had heard ...