Ebola virus disease kills more than half of people infected. Since the disease is transmitted via close human contact, ...

Samuel Habib was diagnosed as an infant with a rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the GNAO1 gene. The disorder is progressive, and individuals can experience dysfunction ...

Richter transformation describes the development of an aggressive lymphoma in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, ...

The escalating incidence of mpox in Africa has led the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to declare its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security and prompted WHO to ...

The Series, A public health approach to suicide prevention, published in The Lancet Public Health argues that a change in the narrative is needed to move from presenting suicide as a mental health ...

The importance of skeletal muscle mass is increasingly being recognised in the medical field.1 The crucial roles of skeletal ...

This is a dangerous time for global health, not least given widespread vaccine disinformation across social media, with the ...

Effective antimicrobials are an essential resource, and the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens individual lives, the wellbeing of communities, and the national security of all ...

(RSV) is a common cause of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) and is responsible for a high burden of hospital admission and mortality in children. RSV–LRTI is also associated with long-term ...

Upper respiratory infections (URIs) are some of the most common infections and are caused by a variety of pathogens. Treatment for URIs is usually symptomatic only, if needed, unless a person also has ...

Growing up in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Louis Bont's father who worked at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), often ...

On the night of Aug 8, 2024, a 31-year-old female trainee doctor was raped and murdered towards the end of a 36-h shift at a ...