Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history.

arXiv, and the scientific community at large, are facing a watershed moment. Scholarly publishing is currently changing at a rapid pace, and we are seeing a…

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The 2026 Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak has renewed attention to the conditions under which patients enter isolation and families confront death and burial. Recent commentary explained why the legi...

In July 2024, a global shortage of blood culture bottles forced healthcare institutions in Japan to modify blood culture collection practices. This nationwide observational study evaluated the impact ...

One in 60 adults Fiji lives with HIV but a recent emergency declaration may help address key issues such as syringe sharing

A Nature investigation reveals a network of organizations that have been building their ranks through deceptive practices.

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

I’m confident in my mastery over what doctors do — and less confident about my continued mastery of an ever-evolving universe of facts.

We report a case of calciphylaxis—a rare vasculopathy characterised by arteriolar calcification and ischaemic skin necrosis—in a young woman with acute myeloid leukaemia. Her ulcerated skin lesions be...

The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.

More than 120 members of the scientific community around the world have signed an open letter expressing solidarity with workers at The Lancet as they prepare to take strike action.

To Erik Engstrom (CEO of RELX), Kumsal Bayazit (CEO of Elsevier), As members of the scientific community, we recognise the value of all staff working to publish medical journals. They champion resear...

NUJ members working at The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, are set to go on strike next week following a long-running dispute over pay.

There is reason to be cautiously optimistic about the trajectory of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the WHO says.

Clinical researchers will probe complications that can arise after immunization, but some worry about political influence