The relationship between air pollution and human health has long been the subject of research, but recent studies have made this...

All my life, I have used my bike. I used it as a kid to go to school, and later to go to work and do the groceries. It is my favourite...

Despite my often distaste for Marvel films, I personally like Doctor Strange as a character - partially because of my obsession with...

Reflecting on rare diseases and the importance of the ongoing work to improve access to specialist medicines, it is worth spotlighting  a...

It has been more than five years since the first CAR-T therapies, Kymriah® and Yescarta®, received market authorisation from the FDA and...

In October 2023, I planned a trip to Thailand and Vietnam and, as any good traveller would do, I checked the vaccination requirements and...

Health is highly influenced by the quality of the air we breathe. Exposure to pollution is a major cause of non-communicable disease...

In April 2023, the European Commission released its proposed reforms for the general pharmaceutical legislation. We address these changes...

In April 2023, the European Commission published the proposed reforms of the general pharmaceutical legislation. Their overarching aim...

Friday of last week marked the launch of the long-anticipated UK National Health Service (NHS) Workforce Plan. This plan highlighted the...

In the 1840s, a physician named Ignaz Semmelweis noticed that women were more likely to develop an infection and die after giving birth...

Ending Malaria will save lives and improve the health of millions of people. But in the last 60 years, progress has faltered. Malaria...

I lived for over 16 years in Bolivia where Chagas was, and currently still is, a serious life-threatening disease. It is one of the first...

March 24th marks a significant day in the history of global health; it is the day that tubercle bacillus was discovered, the bacterium...

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are fundamental human rights and essential components to achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development...

Some mental health risk factors disproportionately affect people who are defined as female at birth. These include pressures created by...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat to public health. Waning effectiveness of anti-infective agents threaten to undermine...

On the 8th October 2021, the Beneluxa initiative announced successful conclusion of a joint assessment and price negotiationon Novartis'...

In 2016, the World Health Assembly adopted a global action plan for viral hepatitis elimination by 2030. On World Hepatitis Day 2021,...

Every year, tobacco kills 8 million people, predominantly caused by non-communicable diseases such a s cardiovascular diseases, lung...