The total liability for clinical negligence claims against the NHS has now reached £60bn, with maternity care accounting […]

NHS staff need to “build a broad movement to oppose the influence of racism and the far right,” […]

Researchers have, for the first time, estimated how quickly E. coli bacteria can spread between people — and […]

High levels of inequality are making the world more vulnerable to pandemics and the unhealthy cycle between the […]

Climate change is no longer a distant threat. It is a present and accelerating driver of infectious diseases […]

Long-term melatonin use for sleep problems may come with unexpected heart dangers. Researchers found that chronic users were […]

The covid-19 pandemic brought to mind Albert Camus’s The Plague. In 2020, a colleague and I quoted a […]

The data sharing statement in this paper by Fang and colleagues (BMJ 2025;389:e085680, doi:10.1136/bmj-2025-085680, published 5 June 2025) […]

Scientists have discovered that a “longevity gene” found in people who live beyond 100 can reverse heart aging […]

Doctors’ leaders have reacted strongly to the government’s proposed 2.5% pay rise for clinicians next year, suggesting it’s […]