Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death globally and remains a major public health burden. It is currently defined as FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC) below ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most prevalent liver condition to date, with an estimated global prevalence of 38%.1 The progressive and inflammatory stages of ...

Home to almost 1·3 billion people (16% of the world's population; 55% under the age of 20 years), sub-Saharan Africa is a region undergoing rapid demographic and socioeconomic transition, where ...

The Gaza Strip is facing a surge in paediatric meningitis cases amid total health system collapse. Since October, 2023, prolonged military assault and blockade have destroyed health, water, and ...

As of July 23, 2025, Israel's military assault on Gaza has killed over 59 219 Palestinians, wounded an additional 143 045, and displaced nearly all of the 2·1 million people who live there.1 ...

Soil-transmitted helminths are a group of parasitic intestinal worms that infect roughly 1·5 billion people globally. The most prevalent species are Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and ...

The global health community faces a deepening challenge—not only from infectious diseases but also from a pandemic of ...

A new report by the UK's Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) calls on clinicians, clinical services, and ...

Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths ...

Imagine a future where the global incident cases of liver cancer almost doubles, rising from 870 000 cases in 2022 to over 1·5 million in 2050. This scenario, and all the attendant harms to health and ...

Born in Taixing near Shanghai, China, Jian Zhou's inspiration to become a doctor came from his maternal grandfather, who had ...

Severe threats to the health of humans and other species derive from degradation of Earth's life-support systems, particularly the impacts of climate change. Researchers and practitioners in clinical ...