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Seventy-second World Health Assembly
The World Health Assembly is the decision-making body of WHO. It is attended by delegations from all WHO Member States and focuses on a specific health agenda prepared by the Executive Board. The main…
Too many babies are born too small
Around one in seven of all babies worldwide are born with a low birthweight16 May 2019 – More than 20 million babies were born with a low birthweight (less than 2500g; 5.5 pounds) in 2015—around one…
An Antibiotic Shot May Prevent Some Infections of Pregnancy
Prophylactic antibiotics may help when women who are giving birth require the aid of forceps or vacuum extraction.
Antibiotics after childbirth could avert dangerous infections
Thousands of women could be spared pain and long-term health problems, trial suggests
FT Health: Alcohol use jumps as battle against booze falters
Dutch trade and development minister Sigrid Kaag, snakebite strategy, Brits’ sex lives
After the golden age: what is medicine for?
In the pilot episode of The Sopranos, the central character, capo Tony Soprano mused of the mafia: “Lately, I'm getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over.” I feel a similar…
Women's work in UK clinical trials is undervalued
This is a parody of clinical trial research: an investigator (usually a man) drafts a protocol; this is not particularly demanding and, indeed, for National Institute for Health Research-funded…
World alcohol consumption on the rise as China's thirst grows
Chinese will surpass the US for per capita intake by 2030, research shows, but Moldova claims top spot for now
Net zero by 2050 in the UK
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), an independent body that advises the UK Government, published a report on May 2, Net zero—the UK's contribution to stopping global warming. Stating that net zero…
Asthma: looking beyond the headlines
The causes and triggers of asthma are varied and complex. Elucidating risk factors has led to a proliferation of studies focused on environmental factors as varied as air pollution, tobacco smoke,…
The Lancet – O’Neill Institute Commission Report
The report is now published on The Lancet’s website.
The Lancet - O'Neill Institute Commission Report Launch Event
May 1, 2019 | Georgetown University Law Center The O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law invites you to watch the livestream of the launch of event of The Legal Determinants of Health:…
The Lancet - O’Neill Institute, Georgetown University Commission on Global Health and…
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2019 UCL Lancet Lecture: NCDs as a global emergency
2019 UCL Lancet Lecture: NCDs as a global emergency - closer to pandemic or climate change? Guest speaker: Dr Rachel Nugent, Vice President for Global Non-communicable Diseases at RTI International…
A Promising Peanut Allergy Treatment May Not Work So Well After All,…
Immunotherapy may increase the risk of allergic reactions
Kaiser Family Foundation: "We’re live! Broadcasting our roundtable discussion with @CSISHealth on…
We’re live! Broadcasting our roundtable discussion with @CSISHealth on the future of #globalhealth financing. Featuring @DrTedros @ChrisCollinsGVA @MorrisonCSIS @IHME_UW @globalgamechngr @jenkatesdc
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Focus Tracks
Improving the current system of faculty incentives and rewards is a crucial complement to other attempts, such as training, to improve research integrity, but has been relatively neglected. Assessment…
A new voice for rheumatology specialists worldwide
Presenting The Lancet Rheumatology, a new specialty journal in the Lancet family. As an exclusively online journal, this monthly title is committed to publishing content relevant to rheumatology…
Writing the body
What is the thing called you? When I was admitted to hospital with abdominal pain in my twenties, I asked the doctor giving me an ultrasound to show me around my own interior. Bladder, uterus, appendix: so this was me, after all this time,
Eating well is still a luxury for too many people
Today, more are dying around the world from diet-related factors than from smoking
Infographic: Where Traffic Fumes Lead To Childhood Asthma
This chart shows the incidence rate of childhood asthma due to traffic pollution (per 100,000 children per year).
Sexism is making the global tuberculosis epidemic worse
When Amina started a new job that involved searching for undetected cases of tuberculosis in her community, she did not expect that the first case she detected would be herself. The 38-year-old mother…
Bad diets kill more people around the world than smoking, study says
A new study suggests that poor diets are responsible for more deaths than any other risk factor, leading to 11 million fatalities worldwide each year.
