America’s position as the world’s dominant nation began after World War II with the appreciation that science played an outsized role in winning the war. For that reason, the US decided that the ...

The New England Journal of Medicine ( NEJM ) has become the latest and most high profile journal to receive a letter from Edward Martin Jr, a Republican activist who was appointed US attorney for ...

The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)—the US’s largest and longest study of women’s health—will continue after President Donald Trump’s administration abruptly changed course, having announced that it ...

Exacerbated competition ratios in postgraduate medical training need to be tackled urgently.123 The UK doesn’t have enough jobs for doctors despite being one of the countries with the lowest ...

Practecal, a phase 2b-3 randomised controlled trial which identified a new treatment regimen for drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), cost €33.9m (£28.95n; $38.54m), with an average cost of €61 460 per ...

Shortages of pharmaceutical products have been with us for many years. The earliest example of which I am aware dates back to 1942. Currently over 100 products are in shortage, including hormone ...

US cuts to international aid are coming at the worst possible time in the fight against malaria, in which Africa faces its worst challenge in a quarter century. Frank Burkybile reports on a community ...

Sneddon and Mafi accurately reflect the despair of many resident doctors at the current state of specialty training recruitment.1 As a foundation year 4 doctor, soon to be year 5, I’m experiencing one ...