The effect of cystic fibrosis on many organs and the frequent lung infections means that it is mostly diagnosed in childhood. Somehow, for Verônica Stasiak Bednarczuk, that diagnosis did not arrive ...

In Kansas, USA, public health workers are battling one of the largest tuberculosis outbreaks in US history. As of Jan 31, 67 patients in the Kansas City metropolitan area had active infections and 79 ...

Each year in the USA, alcohol use contributes to nearly 100 000 new cancer cases and 20 000 deaths from cancer, according to ...

Estimated geographical and temporal distribution of lung-cancer incidence varied across the four main subtypes worldwide. Our ...

The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) faces a pivotal moment, confronting one of its most challenging ...

In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic as researchers investigated potential treatments, infectious diseases physician ...

As trusted sources of information, The Lancet Group sets extremely high standards for publishing and is committed to ensuring that our editorial policies meet our standards of excellence. From ...

Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the ...

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic interrupted much respiratory research. Respiratory clinical academics joined colleagues in providing clinical care, and global research efforts were directed to finding new ...

Non-communicable diseases rank among the most serious global health challenges of the 21st century due to their high prevalence and substantial socioeconomic and health-care impact. According to WHO, ...

In the last 5 years significant progress has been made in potential dementia treatments, yet many of these treatments come ...

An oft-repeated message is that primary aldosteronism is not rare; it is quite common. An equally urgent message is that ...