The COVID-19 pandemic confronts the world with urgent and unsolved challenges. The pandemic marks the third deadly outbreak due to a coronavirus after severe acute respiratory syndrome in 2003 and Middle East respiratory syndrome in 2012.1,2 In the absence of effective testing and contact tracing systems in many countries, COVID-19 has claimed more than 500 000 lives and disrupted the entire…
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…
Despite tremendous advances in breast cancer research and treatment over the past three decades—leading to a more than 40% reduction in breast cancer mortali…
The Lancet Breast Cancer Commission—a diverse, multidisciplinary international group—are unanimous in our determination to improve the lives of all people who live with or are…
ORBITA-COSMIC found no evidence that the CSR improved transmural myocardial perfusion, but the CSR did improve angina compared with placebo. These findings provide evidence for…
Recognition of misinformation as a public health threat and interest in infodemics, defined as an inundation of information accompanying an epidemic or acute health event,…
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how infodemics (defined as an overabundance of information, including misinformation and disinformation) pose a threat to public health and could…
