Graham MacGregor had three weapons in his campaign armoury: persistence, bloody mindedness, and charm, as he explained on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific in 2017. This three pronged ...

Kirkland and Greer’s article about Robert F Kennedy Jr and others in the antivaccine movement offers a timely and urgent critique of current US vaccine policy leadership and its global ripple effects.

Patients in England will be able to choose to see specialists through an NHS “online hospital” instead of through their local hospital from 2027, the government has announced. Announcing the policy at ...

REFERENCE 1. Department of Health and Social Care, Streeting W. NHS leaders face both “carrot and stick” in new performance drive.15 May 2025.

More than 700 health professionals and campaigners have urged the King’s Fund think tank to cut sponsorship ties with Palantir, a US technology company engaged in business with the Israeli military, ...

US President Donald Trump’s recent order, announced 19 September, decrees that employers must pay a $100 000 (£74 400; €85 100) fee each time they submit a new H-1B visa application for workers ...

Objective To understand how health insurance coverage and employment changed among working age adults with low incomes in Georgia, the first state to implement Medicaid expansion with work ...

Controversial1 Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab has overcome another regulatory hurdle, with Australia’s drugs regulator approving the therapy after two rejections.2 The drug, made by Eisai, faces an uphill ...

A 2-in-1 inhaler treatment is more effective than salbutamol for preventing asthma attacks in children aged 5 to 15 and is similarly safe, a randomised controlled trial has reported.1 A combined ...

Members of the The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS consider the difficulties of implementing the health plan and what is needed for success The 10 year health plan for England1 isn’t so much a ...

Looking at the state of the world, it seems fitting to say that we’re living through fractious times, and the UK is no exception. Far right marches and racist abuse and violence are surging once again ...

We need a culture shift from defensive practice to clinical courage, writes Iain Beardsell Emergency medicine in the UK and across the world is in trouble. This is not news, I know. We’re overwhelmed ...