President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—was withdrawn from the process about an hour before he was set to appear at a hearing to confirm him ...

After a flurry of resignations by NHS England’s (NHSE) top brass in the past few weeks—and while commentators and staff were still busy digesting the announcement of a 50% reduction in head count at ...

Medical students are always performing, whether it’s in an OSCE station, or being evaluated on their performance during clinical placements. In this article, Noreen Mansuri discusses medical ...

Patients are more unwell than in the past when admitted to hospital for detention under the Mental Health Act, services have told Care Quality Commission inspectors.1 In its report monitoring the ...

It’s a brain freeze inducing, tongue staining frozen drink popular with children. They’re often sold at theme parks and games arcades. Well, only if glycerol intoxication syndrome—a new condition ...

Millions will be harmed by this targeting of the most powerless, vulnerable, criminalised, marginalised, and unprotected people in the world, writes Flavia Kyomukama The US government’s freeze on ...

NHS England is being abolished and its functions will be taken over by the Department of Health and Social Care to reduce duplication and bureaucracy, direct “hundreds of millions of pounds” to ...

A daily pill to treat the symptoms of endometriosis will soon be made available on the NHS, in a move that could benefit 1000 women a year in England.1 The National Institute for Health and Care ...