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Reductions to overseas budgets by US, UK and EU countries will have ‘devastating consequences’, say researchers in modelling published in the Lancet HIV

Yearly doses could reduce barriers people face to taking preventative HIV medication, researchers said.

A shocking study in The Lancet showed that nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are overweight or obese. Chances are that by 2050, there will be 260 million overweight Americans. We already have GLP-1 drugs, and amylin-based drugs are next. Novo Nordisk's compound, Cagrilintide, will be combined with semaglutide in its…

The ongoing war in Sudan has often been overlooked amid higher-profile conflicts raging across multiple continents. Yet the lack of media and geopolitical attention to this 18-month-long conflict has not made its devastation in terms of human lives any less stark.

AMR occurs when bacteria and diseases evolve to no longer respond to drugs designed to treat the infection

According to a "letter" published on the website of the British medical journal The Lancet, "186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza". This is a significantly higher death toll than the 38,345 announced by the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry on Thursday. FRANCE 24…

Here’s what actually happens to your body during a heat wave — and why it's so dangerous.

An editorial published in The Lancet warned that for the first time in 150 years, a whole decade has gone by with no official comprehensive data on India or its people, jeopardising India’s healthcare ecosystem.

Lancet report says Western countries will be forced to open borders wide to migration if economies are to survive.