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Trump administration’s new adolescent sex education policy pushes the conservative agenda

August 20, 2026

We can, but should we? Red flags for hasty, low integrity AI integration into healthcare

August 20, 2026

The UK drought is a warning: Climate change is a food and public health emergency

August 20, 2026

Another step for psychedelics . . . and other research

August 20, 2026

Commercial self-testing is misleading and overdiagnosing healthy people

August 19, 2026

Scarlett McNally: Surgery will keep grinding to a halt without more anaesthetists

August 19, 2026

Two years of NHS service is an equitable benchmark for international medical graduates to access specialty training

August 18, 2026

Helen Salisbury: Micromanagement and the GP Appointments Data dashboard

August 18, 2026

Rammya Mathew: When evidence isn’t enough

August 18, 2026

Developments in AI designed viruses demonstrate why such research must be done in the open

August 17, 2026

Medical schools risk conflating compliance with professionalism

August 14, 2026

US policies are making a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases inevitable

August 13, 2026

India’s heatwaves expose the gendered harms of the climate crisis

August 12, 2026

When I use a word . . . Alumni of the Edinburgh Medical School 1726-2026: The Darwins

August 7, 2026

Fauci’s Senate hearing riled up the MAGA base—but at the cost of damaging public health

August 7, 2026

Diabetes advocacy campaigns should focus on living a life, not fighting a battle

August 7, 2026

Closing the evidence gap when randomised trials are not feasible

August 6, 2026

The value of knowledge . . . and other research

August 6, 2026

Strengthening board oversight of maternity safety: do non-executive champions help or hinder?

August 5, 2026

David Oliver: We still lack clarity and urgency on the future of specialty training posts

August 5, 2026

Matt Morgan: AI can never replace a doctor’s authentic voice

August 5, 2026

Orthopaedic services must not overlook domestic violence injuries

August 5, 2026

Confronting the quiet scandal of child mortality in the UK

August 4, 2026

Helen Salisbury: Curiosity and being the rubber duck for patients’ problems

August 4, 2026

John Launer: The joy of improvisation

August 4, 2026

The US’s global leadership in research and discovery is under threat

August 3, 2026

Social care reform: 23rd time lucky?

July 30, 2026

Cryptocurrency based trading and gambling harms require a public health approach

July 30, 2026

Hussam Abu Safiya: The medical community cannot remain passive as a senior paediatrician is left to die

July 28, 2026

Endometriosis: biomarker testing offers hope for earlier diagnosis

July 28, 2026

Medical tourism erodes Africa’s health sovereignty

July 27, 2026

AI might help the NHS—but we need to build the evidence

July 24, 2026

When I use a word . . . The Edinburgh Medical School 1726-2026

July 24, 2026

Devolution can create new opportunities for better health

July 24, 2026

Partha Kar: The debacle over physician assistants must finally come to an end

July 23, 2026

AI is expanding online sexual abuse against women and girls

July 23, 2026

Long term benefits of blood pressure lowering . . . and other research

July 23, 2026

Scarlett McNally: The NHS rewarding walking doesn’t go far enough to encourage physical activity

July 22, 2026

Healthcare must enable patient self advocacy rather than rely on it

July 22, 2026

Social care shows that privatisation will not be the answer to NHS inequality

July 22, 2026

How a legacy of mistrust in DRC has led to 17 Ebola outbreaks in 50 years

July 21, 2026

Andy Burnham’s goal of good growth could be a health-creating mission that supports environmental action

July 21, 2026

Emergency departments can be as loud as construction sites, but they don’t have to be

July 21, 2026

Helen Salisbury: Defining the scope of general practice

July 21, 2026

Old habits die hard: The manifesto commitment to end mass dependence on emergency food parcels

July 20, 2026

Scarlett McNally: Clinical audit needs a shake-up

July 17, 2026

Inappropriate access of patient records is damaging for the NHS

July 17, 2026

The beautiful game versus our favourite drug

July 15, 2026

Place based working and devolved decision making could be the right prescription for health and social care

July 14, 2026

Schools need to be retrofitted for future heatwaves

July 14, 2026

Rammya Mathew: I’m delivering good care, but can I deliver neighbourhood care?

July 14, 2026

Trust in doctors and nurses remains high, but patients are turning elsewhere

July 14, 2026

The paradox of Abundance: Hafeez Lakhani’s novel and Riz Ahmed’s series Bait on the cost of the immigrant dream

July 13, 2026

Doctors who play together, stay together

July 10, 2026

Amos maternity review methods compounded harm for families

July 9, 2026

General purpose AI . . . and other research

July 9, 2026

The CLOUD Act: NHS data must be safeguarded from US interests

July 8, 2026

David Oliver: The “home good, hospital bad” credo is a false binary

July 8, 2026

John Launer: I hope GPs will continue to value “mosaic care”

July 7, 2026

Women’s and men’s health strategies offer a shared agenda for reform

July 7, 2026

When I use a word . . . Medical skepticism

July 7, 2026

The UK’s social media ban is a gamble in the face of uncertainty

July 7, 2026

Helen Salisbury: Missed appointments and missingness

July 7, 2026

Ebola control is weakened by mistrust and cultural insensitivity

July 6, 2026

Andy Burnham could apply lessons from Manchester to create a healthier Britain with a stronger economy

July 3, 2026

Assessing the early effects of Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Act on adolescent social media use

July 1, 2026

Milburn report: Young people shouldn’t need a diagnosis to access mental health and employment support

July 1, 2026

The Mann review: Avoiding the risk of asymmetric anti-racism policy

July 1, 2026

Why the GMC should not retain a right of appeal against MPTS decisions

June 30, 2026

The UK’s visa brake will limit Sudan’s healthcare recovery

June 30, 2026

Nottingham families were right about maternity failings; now ministers must listen to their calls for a statutory public inquiry

June 29, 2026

The Dutch hospital system offers lessons for building resilience and trust in health systems

June 29, 2026

To improve maternity services we must confront the damaging ideology that prizes “normal childbirth” over safe care

June 29, 2026

Impact of financial incentives . . . and other research

June 25, 2026

Early data from Australia indicate that social media companies can’t be relied on to protect children

June 24, 2026

Australia’s social media ban has not yet disrupted the status quo

June 24, 2026

Social media restrictions require timely and coordinated evaluation

June 24, 2026

Policies focused narrowly on reducing immigration risk unintended consequences for the NHS

June 24, 2026

John Launer: Anger in the consultation room

June 24, 2026

What does it mean to recover from long covid?

June 24, 2026

Scarlett McNally: Longevity requires a focus on living more healthily, not just living longer

June 23, 2026

Helen Salisbury: Prioritising frailty

June 23, 2026

UK Biobank case reveals the need for mandatory accreditation of trusted research environments

June 19, 2026

Valdo Calocane inquiry offers valuable lessons for overhauling mental health services

June 17, 2026

When I use a word . . . The Devil’s Medical Dictionary

June 17, 2026

Data sharing must evolve towards data sovereignty

June 15, 2026

American Diabetes Association controversy: Activism is necessary to protect scientific freedom

June 12, 2026

Fitness to practice tribunals for sexual misconduct are unfit for purpose

June 12, 2026

Prisons: A missing front in England’s HIV action plan

June 11, 2026

Avoiding central line complications . . . and other research

June 11, 2026

Trump administration has its sights set on destroying international research collaborations

June 10, 2026

DRC has strengthened its response to Ebola – but conflict and funding cuts are testing its capacity

June 10, 2026

John Launer: The health benefits of European collaboration

June 10, 2026

Matt Morgan: Hope as a direction of travel

June 10, 2026

A London Lark Rising: the story of the people and places of the East India Company

June 9, 2026

Helen Salisbury: GP list cleansing

June 9, 2026

Rammya Mathew: The sleep fairy scandal is a wake-up call for public health

June 9, 2026

AI warfare demands a new era of humanitarian law

June 9, 2026

Partha Kar: NHS workforce planning is missing clarity and direction

June 9, 2026

Is Britain’s health establishment prepared for a populist government?

June 8, 2026
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