The state of Florida, the third most populous state in the US, banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy on 1 May, bringing down the 15 week limit set in 2022 which replaced the previous limit of ...

Over the past year, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has grappled with the largest outbreak of mpox in the past half century. Despite obstacles, an enhanced response to the crisis can provide a ...

The kidney and liver transplantation programmes of a major hospital in Houston, Texas, have been suspended while authorities investigate claims that the surgeon in charge changed patients’ donor ...

Whistleblowers in the NHS are targeted by a systemic employer “playbook” designed to silence or remove them, the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) has warned. The warning came on ...

A global review of three decades of health data has revealed huge health differences in men and women that begin in adolescence and grow throughout life. The study, published in Lancet Public Health , ...

A woman in her late 30s presented with a three day history of bruising on both hands. The lesions began as pruritic erythema, ...

The news that Sarah Benn has been suspended from the medical register sends a bleak message to climate concerned younger doctors, writes Alexander Mafi Doctors campaigning to protect patients and the ...

Falls are common and dangerous for older and more vulnerable people. The main modifiable risk factor for falls is prescription drugs, and the most commonly prescribed drugs in older people are ...

A GP who described himself as a sex addict and used his surgery for sex sessions with three women has been struck off the UK medical register. Thomas Plimmer had a sexual relationship with a married ...

The BMA will ballot consultants in Northern Ireland on industrial action from next week, doctors’ leaders have announced. A five week ballot will open on 7 May after talks between representatives from ...

A cash injection of £32bn to the NHS might be what The BMJ wants,1 but it is not what England needs. The people of England need The BMJ to work with the Department of Health and Social Care and the ...

We need to define the concept of early diagnosis The importance of early diagnosis, particularly in cancer, has been covered widely in the media. Improving early diagnosis rates is a politically ...