The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published draft guidance aimed at improving the performance of pulse oximeters across all skin colours, following research suggesting the medical devices ...

Ministers have announced an independent commission on adult social care in England, to inform the creation of a national care service. Elisabeth Mahase looks at what we know The government’s ...

Eco-anxiety” is growing worldwide, especially among young people.1 Considerable anxiety about the climate crisis is rational, particularly for young people, for whom even 2100 is a tangible date. Deep ...

One of England’s largest hospital trusts has ordered an independent review of its international medical training programmes because of concerns, first highlighted in The BMJ , that overseas doctors ...

The 10 winners of the 2024 Shkreli awards, given annually to the worst examples of profiteering and dysfunction in US healthcare, have been announced by the Lown Institute, a non-profit US think tank.

I agree with Wolf’s concerns about transfusion in sickle cell disease.12 In developed countries, where the blood donor pool is predominantly white and lacking the Ro antigen, transfusion for sickle ...

Charles and colleagues’ overview of management of acute pain crisis in sickle cell disease is welcome,1 especially as patients move away from city centres to areas that typically have a less ...

Emergency departments and other parts of the health system are under intense pressure as flu cases continue to rise. Jacqui Wise looks at the developing situation Latest NHS England figures show that ...

The covid-19 pandemic and the recent cost-of-living crisis have substantially exacerbated pre-existing inequalities in health and social care in the UK.1 Marginalised populations are ...

A GP in Bristol has been jailed for a year for his involvement in damaging petrol pumps during a protest against the climate emergency. Patrick Hart, 38, was given the 12 month sentence at Chelmsford ...

Black men have higher rates of stage III and IV prostate cancer diagnoses than any other ethnic group in England, a report has found.1 Latest data from the National Prostate Cancer Audit, covering 1 ...

Despite innovations and some impressive national responses, the covid-19 pandemic revealed limitations and gaps in efforts at national and global levels to prepare for and respond to health ...