The current mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone is the largest ever recorded in the country and the first major epidemic caused by the clade IIb monkeypox virus in Africa. Since a public health emergency ...

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is an important condition,1 but its role as a reversible cardiovascular risk factor has been ...

Hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery systems are transforming the management of type 1 diabetes. Young children with type 1 ...

Michelle Monje is the Milan Gambhir Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at Stanford University, CA, USA, and a Howard ...

In a single frame a photograph is a powerful way to tell a story and highlight an important issue. Each year The Lancet invites submissions for the Highlights photography competition and since 2009 we ...

The adoption of the WHO Pandemic Agreement marks a pivotal moment in global health governance,1 particularly through the inclusion of the One Health approach. This holistic approach, integrating human ...

Worldwide, the incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing, with 586 202 new cases diagnosed in 2020.1 In high-income countries ...

Severe autoimmune-mediated neuropathies, such as chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) and ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, estimated in 2020 to be 545 maternal deaths per 100 000 livebirths, more than 136 times higher than that of the lowest region.1 ...

Do you think children today will have a better, worse, or roughly the same life to you?” was a question posed by the Gallup Organisation in 2022 in 64 countries. Globally, only 44% of the adult ...

A 56-year-old man attended a sexual health clinic for asymptomatic rectal Chlamydia trachomatis treatment. Patient history ...

Somalia added two vaccines to its routine immunisation programme to protect against pneumonia and diarrhoea. Manjulika Das ...