As part of a continuing series, Talha Burki looks at the issues at the core of medicine in nuclear power plants.

Vanuatu has a long history of natural disasters. But a combination of traditional knowledge and a simple warning system have kept deaths remarkably low. Chris McCall reports.

Women's bodily autonomy and health, particularly with regard to abortion, are under attack. The politicisation of women's ...

In the 2000s, when the AIDS pandemic hit South Africa, we were seeing a lot of children dying from HIV. That was just before ...

The current global health financing emergency is not only creating a service delivery crisis;1 it threatens hard-won health research and life science ecosystems in low-income and middle-income ...

Japan's scientific standing has faced a quiet crisis over the past two decades. Although it maintained high absolute research and development spending, Japan's global share of the top 10% of highly ...

We read with interest the World Report by Dinesh C Sharma on Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam (MTM, which translates as Reaching out Health Services to People), describing the expansion of doorstep delivery ...

French President Emmanuel Macron promises action on One Health, with a suite of pledges announced at the ninth One Health Summit. Faith McLellan reports from Lyon.

Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are everywhere. These tiny particles—formed by abrasion, fragmentation, and open burning of plastics—are found in the ocean, the Arctic, Himalayan glaciers, air, ...

The term signe de cils was introduced in the late 19th century and is attributed to Achille Souques, one of the most ...

Local coalitions across the USA have been turning to low-cost air sensors and mobile monitors to detect dangerous pollution in places the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-led national network ...

In recent years, nanoplastic and microplastic particles (NMPs) have emerged as substantial threats to human health, particularly as endocrine disruptors. The endocrine system is especially vulnerable ...