Thick smoke from Canadian wildfires has blanketed Toronto, Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, and Washington, DC, in July. At points, Detroit, Toronto, and other North American cities ranked ...

Doctors from certain backgrounds are far less likely to be offered specialist training places in the UK than white candidates, new data suggest. But exactly how much of a gap black and Asian doctors ...

The inventor of an unusual surgical treatment for Alzheimer’s disease is languishing in Chinese detention while his idea gains traction overseas. Felicity Nelson reports An expensive and recently ...

Manchester shows that real change in the social determinants of health is possible, write Michael Marmot and Jessica Allen Andy Burnham, the new prime minister, faces considerable challenges, but ...

The UK’s statistics watchdog has warned NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care over their claims about the benefits of Palantir’s federated data platform (FDP).1 The Office for ...

Medical students face official accusations of “unprofessionalism” to manage dissent or in retaliation for providing feedback about their education, a report warns. Students shared how they had been ...

Police are investigating the NHS mental health trust that provided care to the triple killer Valdo Calocane for corporate manslaughter. Calocane, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, ...

UK government proposals are unlikely to benefit those who need it most In March 2026, the UK government launched action plans that require large employers to publish their approach to supporting ...

A third of trusts with access to Palantir’s federated data platform (FDP) seem not to have logged on to the apps for the past year, it has now emerged. Data obtained under freedom of information ...

Objective To assess the effect of different types of contemporary hormonal contraceptives on the risk of developing ...

Thousands of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in England will be offered a new drug on the NHS to help them walk more easily. Fampridine (Fampyra)—the first medicine to help improve walking for ...

Accelerated rollout of AI should be matched by transparent, credible evaluation, supported by the right infrastructure NHS England’s announcement of an accelerated rollout of AI1 promises a beguiling ...