Scientific literature depends on the integrity of its references. Each reference implicitly asserts that a verifiable source ...

Invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis is primarily associated with serogroups A, B, C, W, X, and Y and is characterised by its sudden, unpredictable nature and devastating ...

The Pasteur Institute of Iran sustained considerable damage from a series of airstrikes in late March, 2026.1 This historically important medical institution, founded 106 years ago, has played a key ...

WHO's approval of the RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix) malaria vaccine in 2021 marked a milestone in global public health. It represented not only the first vaccine approved against any parasitic human disease ...

Suicide is the leading cause of death in New Zealanders aged 15–19 years. Advocates are calling for better approaches to prevention and support. Sophie Cousins, Clive Aspin, and Suzy Taylor report.

In Greek mythology, Atlas is the powerful Titan condemned by Zeus to eternally bear the celestial spheres—a profound symbol of endurance and strength. These very virtues are necessitated in patients ...

There is a folder on my computer that I avoid as much as possible. It is called Health and it holds the clinical letters and other documents from all the consultants and other health-care ...

For more than two decades, colonoscopy has been promoted as the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening. Policy makers ...

For premenopausal women with ER-positive early breast cancer, even if chemotherapy or tamoxifen are given, OFS significantly reduces the 15-year risk of recurrence and death.

We thank Gang Lv and colleagues for the response to our study.1 We agree that minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring could help to optimise the treatment of mantle-cell lymphoma with ibrutinib and ...

The ENO Breathe programme can improve HRQOL, breathlessness, anxiety, and respiratory symptoms in people with long COVID and ...

Proportionally more children undergo trauma laparotomy in lower-resource settings than in higher-resource settings; however, ...