Guy Bell/Alamy Healthcare workers join protesters to form a red line in Parliament Square to demand the UK government take action to stop the destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system. Israeli military ...

The biotechnology company Sarepta Therapeutics has decided to suspend entirely one of its treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) just days after it refused a request from the US Food and ...

Steven Comyns describes living with an intolerance to many medications and how he would like health professionals to help him find a solution I am 61 years old and have lived with an intolerance to ...

Generative artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly embedded in how today’s medical students learn and practise medicine. But should it be formally taught within the medical curriculum? Rhea ...

I’ve always loved trees, and as a teenager I taught myself to identify most of the common species. As I’ve got older my respect for them has grown, and I find it consoling that many of them were ...

Partha Kar, a Royal College of Physicians (RCP) councillor, says that he will appeal the college’s “disproportionate” decision to suspend his registration over what he claims was “whistleblowing.” It ...

Moberly heard advice from professionals on what to do if undermined at work; all those who were consulted advised doctors to seek guidance from a manager, colleague, or employer.1 As resident doctors ...

Cuts to international aid programmes could trigger a rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and cause global annual gross domestic product (GDP) losses of $1.7tn (£1.3tn; €1.5tn) within 25 years, ...

More than half (54%, 458) of black women surveyed had problems with healthcare professionals during their pregnancy, while 28% (237) reported being discriminated against.1 The Black Maternal ...

NHS England’s plans for the upcoming strikes by resident doctors will put patient safety at risk, the BMA has warned. In previous strike action, including the prolonged dispute between resident ...

Medical students receive limited exposure to genitourinary medicine (GUM), with 11.9% of undergraduates receiving less than a day of teaching,1 so it can be helpful to consider how to get the most out ...