The death toll continues to rise in central Myanmar after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit South East Asia on 28 March. Over 2700 people have died so far, with another 4521 injured and 441 reported ...

The supply chains that deliver drugs to patients around the world are surprisingly brittle. Donald Trump’s trade war—with both allies and rivals—could break them. Flynn Murphy reports When hurricane ...

The World Health Organization will slash its budget for 2026-27 by more than a fifth after the US withdrew, and other nations reduced, its funding. WHO plans to cut back the scale of its projects and ...

We have a capacity problem in general practice. There are too few GPs, either as partners or employed, for the number of patients who need looking after. This is despite there being GPs unable to find ...

The philosopher Derek Parfit, introducing his 1984 book Reasons and Persons, sets out a few basic concepts—that we have reasons for acting, that some ways of acting are morally wrong, and that some ...

Singh and colleagues answer questions on managing HIV in primary care.1 Several other aspects are relevant to primary care clinicians caring for people with HIV. Many people with HIV, such as men who ...

Valdo Calocane case shows the importance of continuity of care An NHS review into the clinical care of Valdo Calocane, who killed three people during a psychotic episode, found serious failings that ...

Caring for migrants in immigration removal centres can present GPs with complex practical and ethical difficulties, Sally Howard reports Several cases haunt Alan Mitchell from his 14 years as a ...

Chris Howard studied medicine at Liverpool University, qualifying in 1968. He completed his houseman, senior house officer, and registrar training in medicine and paediatrics at Leeds General ...

Steve was born in Preston, only two miles from where he would later practice as a consultant physician for 28 years. The maternity ward was hit by an outbreak of neonatal diarrhoea and there were ...

Robert F Kennedy Jr, announced on 27 March that he would cut 10 000 employees from department agencies as part of government restructuring by Elon Musk’s Department Government Efficiency. Another ...

What you need to know There has been a worldwide rise in homelessness over the past 10 years.1 On a single night in 2024 roughly 771 480 people in the United States were experiencing homelessness, the ...