The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease.1 The test, called Lumipulse, was granted breakthrough device approval and is designed ...

Two leading baby loss charities have called for new commitment from the government to reduce stillbirths and neonatal deaths in England. The call follows an analysis that estimates that since 2018 at ...

China has pledged to give an additional $500m (£373m; €443m) to the World Health Organization over the next five years in a move which will help to offset the loss of the organisation’s top donor, the ...

The government’s announcement of a pay award of 4% for most doctors in England is “derisory” and could lead to strike action, the BMA has said. The government has accepted the recommendations of the ...

Medicines shortages are on the rise globally and look set to be further exacerbated by US President Donald Trump’s trade war.12345 This will come as no surprise to patients whose treatment has been ...

More than 1000 cases of measles have been confirmed across 31 US states this year—while the World Health Organization highlighted a 20% rise in global incidence between 2022 and 2023. The US is facing ...

Three quarters of children and young people who had hospital care thought they were well looked after, a large survey for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found.1 The regulator said results from ...

A deficiency in the availability of a pharmaceutical product is usually known as a shortage. However, the term “stock-out” has also been used to describe a deficiency that occurs locally. It is ...

David was born in Dulwich but brought up in Leamington Spa. His mother was a health visitor and his father a public health inspector, and they encouraged him to follow a career in medicine. After ...

John was born in Tonypandy, south Wales, in September 1941 to John and Margaret Hughes. When his father was stationed in London during the second world war, the family moved to Richmond upon Thames ...

In the early 1980s the UK felt the blast of a new wind blowing from the US, bringing with it calls for prohibition in response to president Ronald Reagan’s war on drugs. Opposition was brewing among ...

After more than 20 years of steady decline, cardiovascular deaths in working age adults are increasing. Sophie Borland looks at what’s causing this trend and how to reverse it Just a decade ago ...