The exposure of residents to lead in drinking water caused a national outcry, prompting requirements to update infrastructure ...

Home to about 8·2% of the global population, Latin America experienced a disproportionate burden of COVID-19. The region ...

Civil society has been limited by President Alexander Lukashenko, leaving few organisations to provide health care for migrants at the Belarus–EU border. Ed Holt reports.

It's simple and humane”. Such was Emmanuel Macron's explanation of the title of France's new Aid in Dying bill, which aims to make it legal for adults with terminal illness to take lethal medication ...

Launched as a public–private partnership funded by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, the Study to Advance ...

The relentless increase in administrative responsibilities, amplified by electronic health record (EHR) systems, has diverted clinician attention from direct patient care, fuelling burnout.1 In ...

Dengue is an acute mosquito-borne illness that is caused by four different dengue viruses (serotypes 1–4). More than half the ...

There are significant disparities in the influence of air pollution depending on the demographic and socio-economic factors. AP exposure is associated with the threat of a higher risks of NSTEMI and ...

The incidence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales infections has increased substantially in recent years, now accounting for approximately 15% of isolates causing infections.1 ...

Journalist Linda Villarosa's writing has scrutinised pervasive racial health inequities in the USA, challenging health professionals and wider society to recognise the adverse impacts of racism on ...

Although substantial variations in RSV seasonality were observed across provinces of China, our study identified distinct transmission zones with shared RSV circulating patterns. These findings could ...

In the digital age, the health-care sector has become increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, particularly for its patient data. In January, 2024, a substantial data breach at French payment ...