HHS unexpectedly canceled a meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, prompting fears it may be dismantled following similar moves by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at other federal health agencies.
Institutional bias in the NHS is harming patient outcomes and staff wellbeing—and political and organizational action is long overdue, according to a new analysis published as part of The BMJ Commission on the Future of the NHS.
Researchers find that hearing aids and cochlear implants improve social quality of life and reduce perceived social handicap in adults with hearing loss.
A new large-scale study of over 2 million women raises questions about age cutoffs in cervical cancer screening policies after findings reveal that women aged 65 and older face significantly higher rates of cervical cancer-related abnormalities and high-risk HPV infections.
A new phase 3 study found that daily oral upadacitinib 15 mg, combined with a shorter 26-week steroid taper, improved sustained remission rates and reduced steroid use in patients with giant-cell arteritis.
Scientists engineered E. coli to perform a synthetic chemical reaction that enables the conversion of plastic waste into the common drug paracetamol using a non-toxic, phosphate-driven process inside living cells.
A major long-term study of postmenopausal women found that waist circumference, when assessed alongside BMI, improved mortality risk prediction compared with BMI alone.