Obesity has become prevalent in Asian populations with rates rising in the Asia Pacific region.1 East Asian populations, ...

The report, Open Science and the Effects of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Scientific Exchange: Policy Options for Reliable Research,1 published in October, 2026, was commissioned by the ...

Few questions in neonatal medicine have generated as many randomised controlled trials and as little consensus as the ...

The Commonwealth's 56 member states are home to 2·7 billion people, more than 60% of whom are aged 29 years or younger. Yet young people remain peripheral to health governance. They are typically ...

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on the present and future of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) imposes an enormous and unevenly distributed burden in China. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Commission on the present and future of chronic obstructive ...

Many men are failing to thrive. Shorter life expectancies for men than for woman first emerged in the 19th century and the gap has continued to widen (albeit with geographical variations). Men have a ...

On my tenth visit, it took me two attempts to find the care and treatment centre (CTC) for people living with HIV/AIDS in Miono, Tanzania. The one-storey white building, where patients used to sit ...

With an opportunity to overturn Republican control of Congress, Democrats hope to win voters’ support by focusing on cuts to health-care programmes. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.

Jim Catto, co-leading author of the Lancet Series on men's health, was reluctant to be the subject of a profile, insisting it is more important to highlight what he is trying to accomplish: tackling ...

Afghanistan has reported twice as many polio cases than in 2025, prompting concern over the Taliban's vaccination policies. Samaan Lateef reports.

The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change celebrated its tenth anniversary this week. The Countdown was preceded by two Lancet Commissions that sought to mobilise multiple disciplines within ...