Madam, which medicines do you take? I'm sorry, but I can't access your information on my computer”, said the gynaecologist (TA). This conversation took place on March 10, 2026, at a referral hospital ...

The escalating conflict in the Middle East, entrenched democratic backsliding, and the deliberate unravelling of multilateralism are symptomatic of a crisis of political impunity that jeopardises ...

The global rise in the prevalence of obesity highlights the need for accessible and effective solutions for obesity ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are rapidly evolving into active collaborators—a transformation known as agentification.

The last time The Lancet Microbe featured an Editorial on CRISPR was in November 2020, to mark that year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, jointly awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna for ...

It is almost 60 years since the original Wilson and Jungner1 criteria for evaluating population screening programmes were published, with the tenets presented having stood the test of time. Liver ...

Developmental biologist who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Born on Oct 2, 1933 in Dippenhall, UK, he died on Oct 7, 2025, in Hardingham, UK, aged 92 years.

The television series The Pitt, currently in its second season, brilliantly captures the emergency room (ER) of the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital in all its stressful, raw, and deeply ...

Attacks on hospitals and a communications blackout in Iran threaten access to essential care and complicate the humanitarian response. Sharmila Devi reports.

In 2018, the first Lancet Series on preconception health, led by Judith Stephenson, argued that the health and nutrition of ...

In the past decade, deep learning has increasingly been applied to medical image interpretation, but without consensus as to whether medical practice should change. Many studies show artificial ...

The cheers of the home crowd escaped the hospital room through open windows. “Another four!”, my father cried in frustration. England had scored yet another boundary against what was proving to be a ...