The best comparison to the massive global vaccination effort that is now starting might be the smallpox vaccination campaigns that culminated in the eradication of the disease, as detailed by Richard Horton.1 With smallpox, vaccine mandates played a pivotal role in reducing mortality and case rates.
Sepsis is a common and deadly condition. Within the current model of sepsis immunobiology, the framing of dysregulated host immune responses into proinflammatory and immunosuppressive…
This scoping review of randomised controlled trials on artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical practice reveals an expanding interest in AI across clinical specialties and locations.…
Malaria is resurging in many African and South American countries, exacerbated by COVID-19-related health service disruption. In 2021, there were an estimated 247 million malaria…
After the political uprising in Syria in 2011, health workers were targeted by the Syrian regime. “Many of my colleagues were arrested and some tortured…
B-cell lymphomas occur with an incidence of 20 new cases per 100 000 people per year in high-income countries. They can affect any organ and are…
With the rapid growth of interest in and use of large language models (LLMs) across various industries, we are facing some crucial and profound ethical…
The Cass Review into gender identity services for children and young people will lead to a new holistic model of care within paediatrics in England.…
China is home to the second largest population of children and adolescents in the world. Yet demographic shifts mean that the government must manage the…
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a lifelong chronic condition that affects one in ten females and can be diagnosed in adolescence. As adolescents with PCOS…
