With more big pledges expected in the coming months, the result of The Global Fund's eighth replenishment allayed the worst fears. Ann Danaiya Usher reports.

Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome affecting around 70 million individuals globally. It has a prevalence of 2% in Europe and North America and approximately 1% in Asia and South America.

The recent announcement of the Lancet Commission on disability and health offers a vital platform for advancing disability-inclusive health systems.1 However, it falls short by not explicitly naming ...

In the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), the assumption that more data lead to better models has driven unchecked reliance on synthetic data to augment training datasets. Although ...

Mechanical ventilation highlights the fundamental paradox of critical care: it can be both life-saving and life-threatening. Mechanical ventilation provides a bridge to recovery for patients with ...

The Lancet journals publish papers, Series, and Commissions that explore health inequities and interventions to address them. These can be found on our Editorial Initiatives page and the related ...

bDivision of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA cDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill ...

An estimated 1.35 million people die every year from road traffic injuries (RTIs) and more than 50 million are injured or disabled despite a first decade of action and high-level global attention.

On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a three-part Series looks at the enduring radiological and psychological impact of nuclear disasters, including the most recent ...

Few topics are more emotive than child maltreatment. "Children, the most precious and vulnerable members of our societies, deserve closer attention to their care and education and better protection ...

Menopause is an inevitable life stage for half the the world’s population, but experiences vary hugely. Some women have few or no symptoms over the menopause transition while others have severe ...

Intensive Care Unit, North District Hospital, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China ...