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In The Lancet, we present a concerning picture of progress in improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and ...
The 2025 report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for women's, children's, and adolescents' health1 assesses global progress ...
It's done. You’ve had it.” My partner is grinning widely. I open my eyes but have no clue where I am. He tells me I had a double lung transplant and I am in the intensive care unit. At first, I am ...
How does a fragile body exist in a sick society? French author Michel Houellebecq has long displayed a fascination with medicine, the body, and death. Regarded by many as literature's enfant terrible ...
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has faced significant funding cuts under the current administration. In March 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of USAID ...
The retrospective observational study reported by Emile Malembi and colleagues in The Lancet1 provides a comprehensive clinical description of mpox cases caused by ongoing outbreaks in the DR Congo, ...
We express our great appreciation to the American people and US Government for the incredible support through the President's ...
Dust and sand storms, including the fast-moving, towering walls of particulate matter and debris known as “haboobs”, are ...
European tuberculosis surveillance report underscores the gravity of the situation in the WHO European region.1 Across 53 ...
The actions of the US Government are causing serious harm to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) globally, and ...
As historians we rarely predict the future since we are trained to look at the past, draw lessons from it, and identify ...
Since the beginning of 2025, the USA has reported a rise in the number of measles cases, with 607 confirmed infections across multiple states, as of April 3, 2025.1 Notably, 97% of these cases are ...